Materion (MTRN) Competitors

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts recommend MTRN or AVNT?

Materion presently has a consensus target price of $117.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. Avient has a consensus target price of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.13%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Materion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MTRN or AVNT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Materion	$1.68B	1.39	$5.89M	$0.80	140.94
Avient	$3.25B	1.02	$169.50M	$1.28	28.24

Which has more volatility & risk, MTRN or AVNT?

Materion has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MTRN or AVNT?

In the previous week, Materion had 9 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Materion and 4 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Materion's score of 0.83 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Materion	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MTRN or AVNT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Materion	0.94%	12.69%	6.48%
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MTRN or AVNT?

93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MTRN or AVNT a better dividend stock?

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 3.0%. 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Avient beats Materion on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.