OLN vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, FUL, HUN, LYB, NTR, TROX, and WLK
Should you be buying Olin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olin include Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Huntsman (HUN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Tronox (TROX), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olin vs. Its Competitors
Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Olin's net margin of -0.21%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat Olin's return on equity.
Olin presently has a consensus price target of $26.21, suggesting a potential upside of 5.92%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.89%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Olin.
Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Olin pays out -666.7% 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. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Olin had 11 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Olin and 5 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Olin's score of 0.20 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Olin has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Olin. Olin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avient beats Olin on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
