Hillenbrand (HI) Competitors

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

Is AVNT or HI a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Hillenbrand pays out -360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AVNT or HI?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AVNT or HI?

Avient has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or HI more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -0.63%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 13.53% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
Hillenbrand	-0.63%	13.53%	3.82%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AVNT or HI?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand 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	$3.25B	1.01	$169.50M	$1.28	27.99
Hillenbrand	$3.18B	0.55	-$211M	-$0.25	-98.86

Do analysts rate AVNT or HI?

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.27%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.48%. Given Hillenbrand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Avient.

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
Hillenbrand	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to AVNT or HI?

In the previous week, Avient had 1 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Avient and 4 mentions for Hillenbrand. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.57 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hillenbrand	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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