HUN vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, EMN, LYB, NTR, OLN, TROX, and WLK
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Olin (OLN), Tronox (TROX), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Huntsman vs. Its Competitors
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Huntsman currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.58%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 41.22%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Huntsman.
Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Huntsman pays out -109.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Huntsman has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Huntsman has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 13 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Huntsman and 2 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Huntsman's score of 0.13 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -2.63%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Huntsman shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Avient beats Huntsman on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HUN) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
