CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to AVNT or UAN?

In the previous week, Avient had 10 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avient and 11 mentions for CVR Partners. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Avient's score of 0.76 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVR Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AVNT or UAN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Avient pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AVNT or UAN?

CVR Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avient. CVR Partners 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	1.23	$169.50M	$1.83	23.74
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.60	$172.43M	$5.76	13.85

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or UAN?

Avient has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or UAN more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Avient's net margin of 5.23%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 20.56% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	5.23%	10.44%	4.14%
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.56%	6.26%

Do analysts prefer AVNT or UAN?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.29%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVNT or UAN?

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVNT or UAN?

CVR Partners received 178 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.50% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote while only 50.72% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avient	Outperform Votes 35 50.72%	Underperform Votes 34 49.28%
CVR Partners	Outperform Votes 213 59.50%	Underperform Votes 145 40.50%

Summary

Avient beats CVR Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.