Avient vs Dow
AVNT and DOW side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AVNT and DOW compare
Dow is the larger company, worth 6.4 times as much as Avient ($25.1B against $3.9B).
Avient grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.4% versus −1.2% for Dow).
Both pay dividends: Avient yields 2.6% and Dow 4.0%.
Avient scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 6 for Dow), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AVNT | DOW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.9B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $42.84 | $34.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 34.3% | 39.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.0% | −40.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.36 | 0.70 |
| Employees | 9,000 | 35K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.2× | – |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.7× (better) | 15.3× |
| P/FCF | 20.6× | – |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | – |
| Fair value | $48.97 | $27.77 |
| Margin of safety | 12.5% (better) | −25.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.4% (better) | −1.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% (better) | 0.73% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 43.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 43.4% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −9.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.7% (better) | 9.9% |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | – |
| Net margin | 5.1% | – |
| FCF margin | 5.7% | – |
| Return on equity | 7.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.77 (better) | 1.13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.87 (better) | 5.26 |
| Current ratio | 1.90 (better) | 1.75 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.54 | 1.56 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 4.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 58.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% | 4.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 78.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.86% | 0.28% |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.1% | 4.7% |
Go deeper
- AVNT stock overview
- AVNT income statement
- AVNT valuation and score
- DOW stock overview
- DOW income statement
- DOW valuation and score
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