Avient (AVNT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVNT or ALB?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held 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 stronger earnings and valuation, AVNT or ALB?

Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Albemarle 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	$3.21B	1.42	$75.70M	$1.62	30.75
Albemarle	$9.62B	1.34	$1.57B	-$16.75	-6.54

Is AVNT or ALB more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -28.80%. Avient's return on equity of 10.56% beat Albemarle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	4.66%	10.56%	4.17%
Albemarle	-28.80%	1.67%	0.84%

Which has more volatility and risk, AVNT or ALB?

Avient has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or ALB a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Avient pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out -9.7% 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. Avient has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Albemarle has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVNT or ALB?

Albemarle received 745 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 46.03% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 29 46.03%	Underperform Votes 34 53.97%
Albemarle	Outperform Votes 774 62.88%	Underperform Votes 457 37.12%

Does the media favor AVNT or ALB?

In the previous week, Albemarle had 3 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Albemarle and 7 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Albemarle'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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albemarle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AVNT or ALB?

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $54.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Albemarle has a consensus target price of $114.47, indicating a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Albemarle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Albemarle	1 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Summary

Avient beats Albemarle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.