HUN vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, EMN, FUL, LYB, NTR, OLN, and WLK
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), H. B. Fuller (FUL), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Olin (OLN), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Huntsman vs. Its Competitors
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -5.75%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.73%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $12.05, suggesting a potential upside of 22.96%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Huntsman.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. 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. Huntsman pays out -51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Huntsman has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Avient has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Avient had 9 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Avient and 16 mentions for Huntsman. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Huntsman's score of 0.57 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Avient beats Huntsman on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HUN) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
