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AVNT vs. AXTA, ALTM, ESI, CSWI, MEOH, PCT, PRM, CC, UAN, and NGVT

Should you be buying Avient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avient include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), CVR Partners (UAN), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Avient vs. Its Competitors

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 2 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.36 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axalta Coating Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avient
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axalta Coating Systems$5.28B1.29$391M$2.0515.21
Avient$3.24B0.96$169.50M$1.0731.88

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.30% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems8.56% 26.30% 7.00%
Avient 3.09%10.48%4.16%

Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus price target of $40.44, suggesting a potential upside of 29.67%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 37.21%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axalta Coating Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Avient on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AVNT vs. The Competition

MetricAvientCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.12B$11.49B$3.26B$20.49B
Dividend Yield3.34%3.54%5.18%3.76%
P/E Ratio31.8921.6091.5027.76
Price / Sales0.964.5127,136,382,376,933,200.0037.55
Price / Cash6.957.1923.8121.79
Price / Book1.341.595.884.54
Net Income$169.50M$507.43M$150.74M$984.47M
7 Day Performance4.11%5.16%2.13%3.42%
1 Month Performance-4.78%6.87%6.12%5.87%
1 Year Performance-19.37%-3.81%26.15%14.25%

Avient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVNT
Avient
4.652 of 5 stars
$34.43
+2.8%
$46.80
+35.9%
-20.7%$3.15B$3.24B32.189,200
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.7731 of 5 stars
$29.62
+1.9%
$40.50
+36.8%
-9.5%$6.35B$5.28B12.3712,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+79.3%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
ESI
Element Solutions
4.6807 of 5 stars
$21.99
+2.4%
$25.75
+17.1%
-13.8%$5.21B$2.46B14.925,300News Coverage
Positive News
CSWI
CSW Industrials
2.8978 of 5 stars
$305.23
+0.2%
$347.00
+13.7%
+15.8%$5.13B$878.30M36.472,400
MEOH
Methanex
4.8776 of 5 stars
$34.90
-6.5%
$44.88
+28.6%
-29.0%$2.51B$3.72B11.711,415High Trading Volume
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.2257 of 5 stars
$13.11
+0.6%
$12.00
-8.5%
+123.5%$2.34BN/A0.00120Options Volume
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.689 of 5 stars
$13.78
+3.7%
$15.50
+12.5%
+86.2%$1.96B$560.97M0.00240News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
CC
Chemours
4.2399 of 5 stars
$10.61
-1.1%
$17.22
+62.3%
-45.5%$1.61B$5.78B10.526,000
UAN
CVR Partners
1.3479 of 5 stars
$90.92
+1.4%
N/A+18.9%$1.53B$525.32M12.57300News Coverage
NGVT
Ingevity
1.8435 of 5 stars
$42.25
+2.3%
$52.75
+24.9%
+5.5%$1.51B$1.41B10.201,600News Coverage

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