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 5.8 times as much as Avient ($23.9B against $4.1B).
Avient grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.2% versus 4.2% for Dow).
Both pay dividends: Avient yields 2.5% and Dow 4.2%.
Avient scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 8 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 | $4.1B | $23.9B |
| Share price | $44.66 | $33.04 |
| Change, 1 year | 51.6% | 49.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −25.6% | −42.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 0.71 |
| Employees | 9,000 | 35K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 22.9× | – |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.5× (better) | 12.2× |
| P/FCF | 17.1× | – |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | – |
| Fair value | $54.00 | $37.55 |
| Margin of safety | 17.3% (better) | 12.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.2% (better) | 4.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.0% (better) | 0.73% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 59.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 57.3% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −9.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.7% (better) | 11.1% |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | – |
| Net margin | 5.3% | – |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | – |
| Return on equity | 7.5% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.74 (better) | 1.08 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.65 (better) | 4.19 |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.76 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.59 (better) | 1.58 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 4.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 55.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.5% | 4.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 77.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.83% | 0.28% |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.7% | 3.8% |
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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