Ecovyst (ECVT) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AVNT or ECVT?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Ecovyst. Ecovyst 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	1.01	$169.50M	$1.07	33.36
Ecovyst	$706.15M	1.33	$71.15M	-$0.10	-79.90

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVNT or ECVT?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Ecovyst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or ECVT?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or ECVT more profitable?

Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Avient's net margin of 5.23%. Avient's return on equity of 10.44% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%
Ecovyst	7.74%	7.07%	2.76%

Does the media refer more to AVNT or ECVT?

In the previous week, Ecovyst had 4 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ecovyst and 1 mentions for Avient. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Avient's score of 0.37 indicating that Ecovyst 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ecovyst	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVNT or ECVT?

Avient received 14 more outperform votes than Ecovyst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.11% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 37 50.00%	Underperform Votes 37 50.00%
Ecovyst	Outperform Votes 23 51.11%	Underperform Votes 22 48.89%

Do analysts recommend AVNT or ECVT?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 31.13%. Ecovyst has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Ecovyst.

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
Ecovyst	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Avient beats Ecovyst on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.