Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is AVNT or SWK a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 136.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVNT or SWK?

Stanley Black & Decker has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Stanley Black & Decker 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	0.94	$169.50M	$1.07	31.01
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.37B	0.71	$286.30M	$2.41	29.40

Is AVNT or SWK more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 2.40%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
Stanley Black & Decker	2.40%	7.85%	3.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, AVNT or SWK?

Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AVNT or SWK?

In the previous week, Avient and Avient both had 7 articles in the media. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Avient's score of 1.08 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stanley Black & Decker	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AVNT or SWK?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 41.02%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus target price of $92.10, suggesting a potential upside of 29.96%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Stanley Black & Decker.

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
Stanley Black & Decker	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Summary

Avient beats Stanley Black & Decker on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.