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NGVT vs. AVNT, SCL, TKR, ALTM, ESI, CSWI, PCT, MEOH, PRM, and CC

Should you be buying Ingevity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingevity include Avient (AVNT), Stepan (SCL), Timken (TKR), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Chemours (CC).

Ingevity vs. Its Competitors

Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by 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 a net margin of 3.09% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -26.20%. Ingevity's return on equity of 63.76% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingevity-26.20% 63.76% 6.92%
Avient 3.09%10.48%4.16%

Ingevity presently has a consensus target price of $52.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.17%. Avient has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.92%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Ingevity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingevity
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity 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
Ingevity$1.41B1.23-$430.30M-$9.74-4.87
Avient$3.24B0.97$169.50M$1.0731.94

Ingevity has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Avient had 3 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Avient and 4 mentions for Ingevity. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Avient's score of 0.58 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Avient beats Ingevity on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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NGVT vs. The Competition

MetricIngevityCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.73B$15.81B$3.30B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A1.99%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-4.8717.5090.3127.74
Price / Sales1.233.1831,218,733,196,606,800.0042.43
Price / Cash2.9513.3523.9217.96
Price / Book8.843.186.064.57
Net Income-$430.30M$421.06M$147.89M$987.45M
7 Day Performance1.48%-0.60%2.30%0.20%
1 Month Performance13.30%6.72%6.05%5.53%
1 Year Performance7.30%8.77%26.47%10.30%

Ingevity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGVT
Ingevity
2.614 of 5 stars
$47.45
-1.6%
$52.75
+11.2%
+7.3%$1.73B$1.41B-4.871,600News Coverage
Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5166 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-22.0%$3.01B$3.24B30.249,200News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SCL
Stepan
3.95 of 5 stars
$54.60
-1.5%
N/A-32.7%$1.25B$2.18B22.202,396News Coverage
TKR
Timken
4.5287 of 5 stars
$72.62
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.8%
-6.4%$5.12B$4.57B15.6519,000News Coverage
Positive News
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+58.8%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
ESI
Element Solutions
4.2743 of 5 stars
$22.65
-0.6%
$25.75
+13.7%
-12.1%$5.53B$2.46B19.035,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CSWI
CSW Industrials
3.7016 of 5 stars
$305.23
+0.2%
$347.00
+13.7%
+9.5%$5.13B$878.30M36.472,400
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.3695 of 5 stars
$13.70
flat
$12.50
-8.8%
+166.6%$2.46BN/A-11.71120Analyst Upgrade
MEOH
Methanex
4.6938 of 5 stars
$33.10
-3.0%
$44.88
+35.6%
-34.3%$2.30B$3.72B11.111,415Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.5947 of 5 stars
$13.93
-0.4%
$15.50
+11.3%
+103.5%$2.07B$560.97M17.63240Analyst Forecast
CC
Chemours
4.444 of 5 stars
$11.46
-2.2%
$17.22
+50.3%
-43.6%$1.75B$5.78B57.306,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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