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 basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
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.
Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Materion's net margin of 0.59%. Materion's return on equity of 12.83% beat Avient's return on equity.
Materion currently has a consensus target price of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.13%. Avient has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 37.80%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Materion.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Avient had 3 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avient and 9 mentions for Materion. Materion's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Avient's score of 0.49 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Materion pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Materion has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Materion has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% 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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This page (NYSE:MTRN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff