Tronox (TROX) Competitors

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

Is AVNT or TROX a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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. Tronox pays out -12.7% 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.

Do analysts recommend AVNT or TROX?

Avient currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.31%. Tronox has a consensus price target of $5.12, indicating a potential upside of 24.48%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Tronox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Tronox	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or TROX?

Avient has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or TROX more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Tronox's net margin of -8.48%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat Tronox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
Tronox	-8.48%	-4.83%	-1.40%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	0.92	$169.50M	$1.28	25.43
Tronox	$3.07B	0.21	-$48M	-$1.58	-2.60

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer AVNT or TROX?

In the previous week, Tronox had 26 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Tronox and 1 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Tronox's score of 0.11 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tronox	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avient beats Tronox on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.