Tronox (TROX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVNT or TROX?

Tronox received 228 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.38% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 37 50.00%	Underperform Votes 37 50.00%
Tronox	Outperform Votes 265 56.38%	Underperform Votes 205 43.62%

Which has more risk & volatility, AVNT or TROX?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or TROX more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Tronox's net margin of -1.56%. Avient's return on equity of 10.44% beat Tronox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%
Tronox	-1.56%	-0.63%	-0.20%

Do analysts prefer AVNT or TROX?

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 27.49%. Tronox has a consensus target price of $9.64, suggesting a potential upside of 88.45%. Given Tronox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tronox is more favorable than Avient.

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
Tronox	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has better valuation and earnings, AVNT or TROX?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Tronox. Tronox 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	1.04	$169.50M	$1.07	34.31
Tronox	$3.04B	0.27	-$48M	-$0.95	-5.39

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVNT or TROX?

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AVNT or TROX?

In the previous week, Avient had 10 more articles in the media than Tronox. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Avient and 7 mentions for Tronox. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Tronox's score of 1.10 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tronox	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AVNT or TROX a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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. Tronox pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Avient beats Tronox on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.