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Avient (AVNT) Competitors

$35.43
-0.32 (-0.90%)
(As of 09/22/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$35.38
$36.08
50-Day Range
$35.42
$41.89
52-Week Range
$27.65
$44.74
Volume
298,713 shs
Average Volume
391,792 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.23 billion
P/E Ratio
5.60
Dividend Yield
2.79%
Price Target
$43.83

AVNT vs. EMN, PAAS, CRS, SID, LTHM, MP, FUL, AMR, SSRM, and LAC

Should you be buying Avient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avient include Eastman Chemical (EMN), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Livent (LTHM), MP Materials (MP), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), SSR Mining (SSRM), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Avient vs.

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

Eastman Chemical received 671 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 42.31% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eastman ChemicalOutperform Votes
693
65.19%
Underperform Votes
370
34.81%
AvientOutperform Votes
22
42.31%
Underperform Votes
30
57.69%

Avient has a net margin of 17.55% compared to Avient's net margin of 7.21%. Avient's return on equity of 14.82% beat Eastman Chemical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical7.21% 14.82% 5.32%
Avient 17.55%9.37%3.36%

Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus target price of $94.87, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Avient has a consensus target price of $43.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.72%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than Avient.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eastman Chemical
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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 1.30 beat Avient's score of 0.81 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Eastman Chemical pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.3% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eastman Chemical$9.82B0.91$793M$5.8612.93
Avient$3.40B0.95$703.10M$6.335.60

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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AVNT vs. The Competition

MetricAvientPlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.23B$10.10B$2.51B$15.30B
Dividend Yield2.77%2.31%4.50%3.68%
P/E Ratio5.6011.2394.9520.55
Price / Sales0.951.7883,819.488.51
Price / Cash7.309.4323.8217.12
Price / Book1.371.682.866.55
Net Income$703.10M$1.20B$305.30M$900.93M
7 Day Performance-7.52%-4.51%-2.01%-2.91%
1 Month Performance-5.34%-10.92%-0.59%-3.40%
1 Year Performance4.24%-11.44%6.37%8.47%

Avient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMN
Eastman Chemical
3.3801 of 5 stars
$78.71
+0.3%
$94.87
+20.5%
+1.4%$9.33B$10.58B13.4314,500
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.2191 of 5 stars
$16.19
-3.1%
$29.75
+83.8%
-2.9%$3.41B$1.49B-13.386,200
CRS
Carpenter Technology
2.0162 of 5 stars
$68.07
+0.5%
$74.75
+9.8%
+97.6%$3.33B$2.55B59.194,500
SID
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
1.7053 of 5 stars
$2.51
-1.2%
$2.30
-8.4%
-6.9%$3.48B$8.59B-83.6726,766
LTHM
Livent
2.7072 of 5 stars
$19.41
-3.0%
$29.95
+54.3%
-44.0%$3.49B$813.20M11.161,350Positive News
Gap Up
MP
MP Materials
2.607 of 5 stars
$20.27
-2.7%
$34.14
+68.4%
-35.0%$3.60B$527.51M21.80486
FUL
H.B. Fuller
2.6497 of 5 stars
$67.99
-0.7%
$80.60
+18.5%
+8.0%$3.66B$3.75B24.027,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1.8098 of 5 stars
$242.85
-1.5%
$204.50
-15.8%
+81.4%$3.68B$3.46B4.273,730
SSRM
SSR Mining
2.9494 of 5 stars
$14.86
-1.3%
$24.38
+64.0%
+2.3%$3.03B$1.15B18.582,500Positive News
LAC
Lithium Americas
2.1743 of 5 stars
$18.86
-7.2%
$34.78
+84.4%
-34.4%$3.02BN/A-171.44749

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