CRH (CRH) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and CRH (NYSE:CRH) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is AVNT or CRH a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avient pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CRH pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend AVNT or CRH?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.63%. CRH has a consensus target price of $112.82, indicating a potential upside of 18.37%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than CRH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the media prefer AVNT or CRH?

In the previous week, CRH had 21 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for CRH and 9 mentions for Avient. CRH's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Avient's score of 0.42 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CRH	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AVNT or CRH more profitable?

CRH has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. CRH's return on equity of 15.88% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
CRH	9.17%	15.88%	6.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or CRH?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AVNT or CRH?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. CRH 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	$3.24B	0.95	$169.50M	$1.07	31.55
CRH	$35.57B	1.81	$3.46B	$4.72	20.19

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

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CRH beats Avient on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.