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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or DD?

Avient has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher 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	1.04	$169.50M	$1.28	28.64
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.63	$703M	-$0.47	-165.46

Is AVNT or DD more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of -1.54%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
DuPont de Nemours	-1.54%	7.85%	5.10%

Does the media prefer AVNT or DD?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 26 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 3 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 1.23 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DuPont de Nemours	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AVNT or DD?

Avient currently has a consensus price target of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.39%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $88.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is AVNT or DD a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Avient pays out 84.4% 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 -348.9% 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.

Summary

Avient beats DuPont de Nemours on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.