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$23.27 -0.14 (-0.61%)
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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

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) 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 media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Avient currently has a consensus price target of $43.60, suggesting a potential upside of 36.42%. Olin has a consensus price target of $25.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Olin.

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
Olin
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, Olin had 3 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Olin and 4 mentions for Avient. Olin's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Avient's score of 0.22 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Avient has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avient$3.24B0.90$169.50M$1.2824.97
Olin$6.54B0.41$108.60M-$0.12-193.89

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avient3.65% 10.57% 4.17%
Olin -0.21%-0.13%-0.04%

Avient has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Olin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. Olin pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Olin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Avient beats Olin on 12 of the 19 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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OLN vs. The Competition

MetricOlinCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.68B$11.44B$3.77B$21.84B
Dividend Yield3.42%3.44%5.06%3.62%
P/E Ratio-193.8924.8321.8232.72
Price / Sales0.416.1523,051.6065.81
Price / Cash4.367.2524.3418.06
Price / Book1.321.637.254.71
Net Income$108.60M$508.75M$148.76M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.29%-1.69%-1.33%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-3.54%-4.71%11.61%0.33%
1 Year Performance-49.12%-8.43%66.69%11.71%

Olin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OLN
Olin
3.9704 of 5 stars
$23.27
-0.6%
$25.71
+10.5%
-50.5%$2.68B$6.54B-193.897,676Upcoming Earnings
AVNT
Avient
4.3929 of 5 stars
$31.96
+1.9%
$43.60
+36.4%
-36.5%$2.93B$3.24B24.979,200Analyst Revision
CC
Chemours
4.2207 of 5 stars
$13.32
+3.2%
$18.50
+38.9%
-32.2%$1.99B$5.78B-4.766,000
CE
Celanese
4.0916 of 5 stars
$40.98
+2.0%
$56.11
+36.9%
-69.9%$4.49B$10.28B-2.7712,163Dividend Announcement
DOW
DOW
4.0892 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.1%
$29.11
+34.5%
-59.3%$15.34B$42.96B-15.4636,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.6076 of 5 stars
$59.16
+0.6%
$65.75
+11.1%
-25.3%$3.20B$3.57B31.987,500
HUN
Huntsman
4.3323 of 5 stars
$8.13
-1.2%
$10.90
+34.2%
-65.7%$1.41B$6.04B-4.176,300
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.6802 of 5 stars
$45.64
-1.2%
$58.56
+28.3%
-50.1%$14.68B$40.30B59.2720,000
NTR
Nutrien
4.2369 of 5 stars
$57.58
+0.3%
$62.78
+9.0%
+20.8%$27.94B$25.97B20.6425,500Short Interest ↑
TROX
Tronox
4.5542 of 5 stars
$3.66
+4.1%
$4.99
+36.5%
-74.6%$579.39M$3.07B-2.316,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WLK
Westlake
4.427 of 5 stars
$75.38
+0.2%
$91.64
+21.6%
-45.9%$9.67B$12.14B-142.2315,540

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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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