Avient (AVNT) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Eastman Chemical 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
Eastman Chemical	$9.34B	1.14	$894M	$7.47	12.28
Avient	$3.21B	1.15	$75.70M	$1.62	24.97

Which has more volatility and risk, EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to EMN or AVNT?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 4 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 1 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Avient's score of 0.42 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $113.92, indicating a potential upside of 24.18%. Avient has a consensus target price of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.21%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is EMN or AVNT more profitable?

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Avient's net margin of 4.66%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 15.37% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical	9.47%	15.37%	5.84%
Avient	4.66%	10.56%	4.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical received 683 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.60% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 713 63.60%	Underperform Votes 408 36.40%
Avient	Outperform Votes 30 46.88%	Underperform Votes 34 53.13%

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

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EMN or AVNT a better dividend stock?

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Eastman Chemical pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 66.7% 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. Eastman Chemical has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.