H. B. Fuller (FUL) Competitors

H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FUL or AVNT?

Avient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H. B. Fuller. Avient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H. B. Fuller, 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
H. B. Fuller	$3.57B	0.93	$130.26M	$1.85	33.09
Avient	$3.24B	0.99	$169.50M	$1.28	27.31

Which has more volatility and risk, FUL or AVNT?

H. B. Fuller has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUL or AVNT?

95.9% of H. B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of H. B. Fuller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient 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.

Do analysts recommend FUL or AVNT?

H. B. Fuller presently has a consensus price target of $67.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.60%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than H. B. Fuller.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H. B. Fuller	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer FUL or AVNT?

In the previous week, Avient had 19 more articles in the media than H. B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Avient and 6 mentions for H. B. Fuller. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat H. B. Fuller's score of 0.45 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H. B. Fuller	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avient	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FUL or AVNT a better dividend stock?

H. B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. H. B. Fuller pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. H. B. Fuller has increased its dividend for 57 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is FUL or AVNT more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to H. B. Fuller's net margin of 2.92%. H. B. Fuller's return on equity of 11.50% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H. B. Fuller	2.92%	11.50%	4.21%
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%

Summary

Avient beats H. B. Fuller on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.