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$11.49 -0.39 (-3.28%)
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HUN vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, EMN, LYB, NTR, OLN, TROX, 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), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Olin (OLN), Tronox (TROX), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -2.63%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avient3.09% 10.48% 4.16%
Huntsman -2.63%-0.65%-0.29%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avient$3.24B0.97$169.50M$1.0731.94
Huntsman$6.04B0.33-$189M-$0.91-12.63

In the previous week, Huntsman had 16 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Huntsman and 7 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Huntsman's score of 0.03 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avient
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Huntsman
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 36.92%. Huntsman has a consensus price target of $14.28, suggesting a potential upside of 24.26%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Huntsman.

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
Huntsman
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Avient pays out 100.9% 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 -109.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Huntsman has increased 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 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Avient beats Huntsman on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HUN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HUN vs. The Competition

MetricHuntsmanCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.00B$11.78B$3.30B$20.62B
Dividend Yield8.70%3.32%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-12.6322.9192.7527.81
Price / Sales0.334.7831,115,530,772,816,400.0040.78
Price / Cash7.207.6423.8922.32
Price / Book0.631.646.064.57
Net Income-$189M$507.43M$147.90M$989.30M
7 Day Performance3.23%2.82%2.30%0.20%
1 Month Performance5.46%7.92%6.05%5.53%
1 Year Performance-49.05%-5.05%26.47%10.30%

Huntsman Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUN
Huntsman
4.0102 of 5 stars
$11.49
-3.3%
$14.28
+24.3%
-49.0%$2.00B$6.04B-12.636,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AVNT
Avient
4.519 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.7%
$46.80
+41.2%
-22.0%$3.03B$3.24B30.979,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
CC
Chemours
4.4461 of 5 stars
$12.42
-3.9%
$17.33
+39.6%
-43.6%$1.86B$5.78B62.106,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
CE
Celanese
3.6999 of 5 stars
$58.10
-4.6%
$63.50
+9.3%
-57.1%$6.36B$10.28B-3.8212,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DOW
DOW
3.3086 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-44.2%$19.46B$42.96B68.8336,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8222 of 5 stars
$78.18
-1.7%
$98.54
+26.0%
-18.6%$9.03B$9.38B9.9514,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.4109 of 5 stars
$60.79
-2.0%
$68.31
+12.4%
-32.0%$19.54B$40.30B18.7620,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NTR
Nutrien
3.3706 of 5 stars
$60.75
+1.0%
$62.29
+2.5%
+22.7%$29.59B$25.97B56.7825,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.6308 of 5 stars
$21.07
-3.9%
$27.67
+31.3%
-54.5%$2.43B$6.54B41.317,676Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TROX
Tronox
4.7329 of 5 stars
$5.24
-6.1%
$7.63
+45.5%
-65.6%$830.33M$3.07B-5.526,500Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WLK
Westlake
4.2774 of 5 stars
$78.77
-2.9%
$90.85
+15.3%
-41.7%$10.10B$12.14B26.4315,540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:HUN) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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