Olin (OLN) Competitors

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

Is AVNT or OLN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Olin pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AVNT or OLN?

Avient has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Olin. Avient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, 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	0.95	$169.50M	$1.07	31.39
Olin	$6.54B	0.38	$108.60M	$0.51	42.71

Do analysts rate AVNT or OLN?

Avient currently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 39.35%. Olin has a consensus price target of $27.27, suggesting a potential upside of 25.17%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Olin	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVNT or OLN?

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

Is AVNT or OLN more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Olin's net margin of 0.94%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
Olin	0.94%	3.13%	0.86%

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or OLN?

Avient has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AVNT or OLN?

In the previous week, Olin had 4 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Olin and 8 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Olin's score of 0.42 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Olin	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avient beats Olin on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.