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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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avient
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tronox
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avient$3.24B0.95$169.50M$1.0731.54
Tronox$3.07B0.29-$48M-$0.95-5.98

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.67%. Tronox has a consensus target price of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 34.24%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Tronox.

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
Tronox
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avient3.09% 10.48% 4.16%
Tronox -4.94%-1.57%-0.48%

Avient has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TROX vs. The Competition

MetricTronoxCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$828.76M$11.59B$3.25B$20.52B
Dividend Yield9.56%3.57%5.15%3.78%
P/E Ratio-5.9822.5396.0027.79
Price / Sales0.294.5427,181,161,885,851,900.0040.41
Price / Cash2.927.3723.8922.26
Price / Book0.501.625.924.58
Net Income-$48M$507.43M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.90%1.38%0.78%0.41%
1 Month Performance-5.33%4.19%3.78%3.59%
1 Year Performance-63.98%-2.47%25.74%14.47%

Tronox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TROX
Tronox
4.7007 of 5 stars
$5.68
+8.6%
$7.63
+34.2%
-65.4%$828.76M$3.07B-5.986,500Gap Up
AVNT
Avient
4.6844 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-20.0%$2.96B$3.24B30.249,200
CC
Chemours
4.3092 of 5 stars
$11.46
-2.2%
$17.22
+50.3%
-39.0%$1.72B$5.79B57.306,000Gap Up
CE
Celanese
3.3722 of 5 stars
$55.48
-2.3%
$63.11
+13.8%
-55.0%$6.07B$10.28B-3.6512,163Positive News
DOW
DOW
3.7792 of 5 stars
$26.53
-1.7%
$36.57
+37.8%
-45.0%$18.75B$42.96B66.3337,800Analyst Forecast
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8979 of 5 stars
$74.75
-1.9%
$98.54
+31.8%
-16.0%$8.63B$9.38B9.5114,000High Trading Volume
HUN
Huntsman
4.6659 of 5 stars
$10.42
-1.3%
$15.00
+44.0%
-48.2%$1.81B$6.04B-11.456,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.4221 of 5 stars
$6.18
-1.4%
$7.75
+25.4%
-49.0%$710.95M$1.89B7.452,524
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.6605 of 5 stars
$57.93
-1.3%
$69.75
+20.4%
-32.5%$18.62B$40.30B17.8819,300Positive News
OLN
Olin
4.16 of 5 stars
$20.07
-1.8%
$27.80
+38.5%
-51.7%$2.31B$6.54B39.357,676
WLK
Westlake
4.7174 of 5 stars
$75.94
-0.3%
$90.54
+19.2%
-41.7%$9.74B$12.14B25.4815,540Analyst Forecast

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