DuPont de Nemours (DD) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AVNT or DD?

DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. DuPont de Nemours 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	0.96	$169.50M	$1.07	31.74
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.56	$703M	-$0.19	-398.97

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AVNT or DD?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AVNT or DD more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of -0.60%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
DuPont de Nemours	-0.60%	7.58%	4.94%

Do analysts prefer AVNT or DD?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 37.80%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $88.31, suggesting a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

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
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is AVNT or DD a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. DuPont de Nemours pays out -863.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or DD?

Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AVNT or DD?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 14 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 9 mentions for Avient. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Avient's score of 0.23 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DuPont de Nemours	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Avient beats DuPont de Nemours on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.