Tronox (TROX) Competitors

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

Is TROX or AVNT 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
Tronox	-1.56%	-0.63%	-0.20%
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%

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

73.4% of Tronox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tronox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TROX or AVNT?

Tronox has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TROX or AVNT a better dividend stock?

Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tronox pays out -161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer TROX or AVNT?

In the previous week, Avient had 5 more articles in the media than Tronox. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Avient and 9 mentions for Tronox. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Tronox's score of 0.75 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tronox	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avient	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TROX or AVNT?

Tronox presently has a consensus target price of $12.93, suggesting a potential upside of 140.76%. Avient has a consensus target price of $48.60, suggesting a potential upside of 45.99%. Given Tronox's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tronox is more favorable than Avient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tronox	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TROX or AVNT?

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
Tronox	$3.07B	0.28	-$48M	-$0.31	-17.32
Avient	$3.24B	0.94	$169.50M	$1.83	18.19

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TROX or AVNT?

Tronox received 227 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.56% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tronox	Outperform Votes 263 56.56%	Underperform Votes 202 43.44%
Avient	Outperform Votes 36 50.00%	Underperform Votes 36 50.00%

Summary

Avient beats Tronox on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.