Orion (OEC) Competitors

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

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

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Orion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AVNT or OEC?

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 41.65%. Orion has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.53%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Orion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Orion	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is AVNT or OEC a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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. Orion pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or OEC?

Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVNT or OEC?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Orion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, 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	0.93	$169.50M	$1.07	30.88
Orion	$1.85B	0.32	$44.20M	$0.46	23.07

Does the media favor AVNT or OEC?

In the previous week, Avient had 9 more articles in the media than Orion. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avient and 2 mentions for Orion. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Orion's score of -0.27 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Orion	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AVNT or OEC more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Orion's net margin of 1.44%. Orion's return on equity of 17.66% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
Orion	1.44%	17.66%	4.39%

Summary

Avient beats Orion on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.