Tronox (TROX) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AVNT or TROX?

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Tronox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AVNT or TROX?

Avient has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AVNT or TROX?

In the previous week, Tronox had 2 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tronox and 8 mentions for Avient. Tronox's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Avient's score of 1.09 indicating that Tronox 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tronox	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AVNT or TROX?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $51.80, indicating a potential upside of 31.07%. Tronox has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 85.69%. Given Tronox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tronox is more favorable than Avient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Tronox	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVNT or TROX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.24B	1.12	$169.50M	$1.83	21.60
Tronox	$3.07B	0.37	-$48M	-$0.31	-23.45

Is AVNT or TROX a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Avient pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tronox pays out -161.3% 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.

Is AVNT or TROX more profitable?

Avient has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Tronox's net margin of -1.56%. Avient's return on equity of 10.44% beat Tronox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%
Tronox	-1.56%	-0.63%	-0.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVNT or TROX?

Tronox received 227 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.47% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 49.30% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 35 49.30%	Underperform Votes 36 50.70%
Tronox	Outperform Votes 262 56.47%	Underperform Votes 202 43.53%

Summary

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