Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) Competitors

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

Is WLKP or AVNT a better dividend stock?

Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 106.2% 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 pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, WLKP or AVNT?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend WLKP or AVNT?

Avient has a consensus price target of $48.60, suggesting a potential upside of 43.17%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
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, WLKP or AVNT?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake Chemical Partners. Westlake Chemical Partners 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
Westlake Chemical Partners	$1.14B	0.73	$54.28M	$1.77	13.27
Avient	$3.24B	0.96	$169.50M	$1.83	18.55

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

78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WLKP or AVNT?

Westlake Chemical Partners received 242 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.15% of users gave Westlake Chemical Partners an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Westlake Chemical Partners	Outperform Votes 278 67.15%	Underperform Votes 136 32.85%
Avient	Outperform Votes 36 50.00%	Underperform Votes 36 50.00%

Does the media prefer WLKP or AVNT?

In the previous week, Avient had 10 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Avient and 3 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avient	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WLKP or AVNT more profitable?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Avient's net margin of 5.23%. Avient's return on equity of 10.44% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westlake Chemical Partners	5.40%	7.31%	4.75%
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%

Summary

Avient beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.