AdvanSix (ASIX) Competitors

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

Is AVNT or ASIX a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. AdvanSix pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AdvanSix has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. AdvanSix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVNT or ASIX?

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AVNT or ASIX?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than AdvanSix. AdvanSix 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	0.95	$169.50M	$1.07	31.55
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.34	$44.15M	$3.12	6.16

Do analysts prefer AVNT or ASIX?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.63%. AdvanSix has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 74.39%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Avient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer AVNT or ASIX?

In the previous week, AdvanSix had 4 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AdvanSix and 9 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat AdvanSix's score of 0.05 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AdvanSix	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AVNT or ASIX more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 11.38% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
AdvanSix	5.45%	11.38%	5.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, AVNT or ASIX?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AdvanSix beats Avient on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.