Avient (AVNT) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer AVNT or EMN?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $108.07, suggesting a potential upside of 2.08%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AVNT or EMN?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVNT or EMN?

Eastman Chemical received 683 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.20% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 27 46.55%	Underperform Votes 31 53.45%
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 710 64.20%	Underperform Votes 396 35.80%

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or EMN?

Avient has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or EMN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Avient pays out 89.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AVNT or EMN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.15B	1.38	$75.70M	$1.15	41.54
Eastman Chemical	$9.15B	1.37	$894M	$7.76	13.69

Is AVNT or EMN more profitable?

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.70%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 13.94% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.70%	10.34%	4.09%
Eastman Chemical	9.65%	13.94%	5.27%

Does the media favor AVNT or EMN?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 4 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 3 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Avient's score of 0.49 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eastman Chemical	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.