NGVT vs. AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, BAK, TROX, UAN, ECVT, and OEC
Should you be buying Ingevity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingevity include Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Braskem (BAK), Tronox (TROX), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Orion (OEC). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Ingevity vs.
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Avient has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingevity has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -38.11%. Ingevity's return on equity of 24.46% beat Avient's return on equity.
Avient currently has a consensus price target of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Ingevity has a consensus price target of $52.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Ingevity.
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingevity received 348 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.
95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ingevity shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Ingevity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ingevity had 12 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ingevity and 3 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ingevity's score of 0.32 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Avient beats Ingevity on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NGVT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
