WLKP vs. AVNT, PCT, MEOH, PRM, CC, NGVT, UAN, BAK, ECVT, and TROX
Should you be buying Westlake Chemical Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake Chemical Partners include Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Braskem (BAK), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Westlake Chemical Partners vs. Its Competitors
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 126.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Avient and Avient both had 2 articles in the media. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avient presently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 35.93%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.
Summary
Avient beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WLKP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
