TROX vs. AVNT, MEOH, PRM, PCT, NGVT, BAK, UAN, CC, ECVT, and WLKP
Should you be buying Tronox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tronox include Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), CVR Partners (UAN), Chemours (CC), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Tronox vs.
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Tronox had 3 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tronox and 1 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Tronox's score of -0.20 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avient has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avient currently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.38%. Tronox has a consensus price target of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 32.65%. Given Tronox's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tronox is more favorable than Avient.
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.
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.
Tronox received 231 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.66% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.
Summary
Avient beats Tronox on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TROX) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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