Materion (MTRN) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AVNT or MTRN?

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
Avient	$3.24B	0.88	$169.50M	$1.28	24.34
Materion	$1.68B	1.57	$5.89M	$0.80	159.93

Is AVNT or MTRN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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 pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Materion has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate AVNT or MTRN?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $43.60, suggesting a potential upside of 39.92%. Materion has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.55%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Materion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or MTRN?

Avient has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Is AVNT or MTRN 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
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
Materion	0.94%	12.69%	6.48%

Does the media favor AVNT or MTRN?

In the previous week, Materion had 1 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Materion and 3 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Materion's score of 0.06 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Materion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avient beats Materion on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.