TROX vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, EMN, HUN, KRO, LYB, OLN, and WLK
Should you be buying Tronox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tronox include Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Olin (OLN), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Tronox vs. Its Competitors
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Avient currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 38.67%. Tronox has a consensus target price of $7.63, suggesting a potential upside of 34.24%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Tronox.
Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Tronox's net margin of -4.94%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Tronox's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tronox had 1 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tronox and 2 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Tronox's score of 0.42 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. 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. Tronox pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Avient has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avient beats Tronox on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TROX) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
