AVNT vs. EMN, ALB, CRS, SBSW, CSWI, CC, AMR, NXE, FUL, and KWR
Should you be buying Avient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avient include Eastman Chemical (EMN), Albemarle (ALB), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Chemours (CC), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), NexGen Energy (NXE), H.B. Fuller (FUL), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Eastman Chemical pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 124.1% 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 has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $97.81, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Avient has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 8 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 5 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Avient's score of 0.74 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical received 680 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 43.64% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.71% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of 2.41%. Avient's return on equity of 14.15% beat Eastman Chemical's return on equity.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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