TROX vs. AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, BAK, NGVT, UAN, ECVT, and OEC
Should you be buying Tronox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tronox include Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Braskem (BAK), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Orion (OEC). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Tronox vs.
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Avient currently has a consensus target price of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.54%. Tronox has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.41%. Given Tronox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tronox is more favorable than Avient.
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Tronox. Tronox 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, Avient and Avient both had 1 articles in the media. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Tronox's score of -0.51 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avient has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tronox received 228 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.21% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.
Avient has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Tronox's net margin of -2.40%. Avient's return on equity of 10.56% beat Tronox's return on equity.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Avient pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tronox pays out -104.2% 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. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Avient beats Tronox on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TROX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
