Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) Competitors

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is AVNT or WLKP a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. 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. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend AVNT or WLKP?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 38.63%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

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
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AVNT or WLKP?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake Chemical Partners. Westlake Chemical 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	0.95	$169.50M	$1.07	31.55
Westlake Chemical Partners	$1.14B	0.68	$62.39M	$1.49	14.63

Is AVNT or WLKP more profitable?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
Westlake Chemical Partners	4.82%	6.35%	4.01%

Which has more volatility & risk, AVNT or WLKP?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVNT or WLKP?

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AVNT or WLKP?

In the previous week, Avient had 8 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avient and 4 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of 0.40 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Avient beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.