MTRN vs. AVNT, REZI, CMP, GSM, SXC, SCCO, FCX, OR, HBM, and NXE
Should you be buying Materion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Materion include Avient (AVNT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), OR Royalties (OR), HudBay Minerals (HBM), and NexGen Energy (NXE).
Materion vs. Its Competitors
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Avient had 2 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avient and 9 mentions for Materion. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Materion's score of 1.55 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Materion currently has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Avient has a consensus price target of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Materion.
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Materion. Avient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Materion pays out 70.0% 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. Materion has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Materion's net margin of 0.94%. Materion's return on equity of 12.69% beat Avient's return on equity.
Materion has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avient beats Materion on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MTRN) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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