Both in Plastics & Resins

Albemarle vs Avient

Over the past year ALB returned −6.6% and AVNT returned +34.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.26.

ALB −6.6% AVNT +34.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricALBAVNT
Price$90.19$43.25
Market cap$10.64B$3.97B
Today−0.41%−0.46%
1 month−13.6%+4.0%
6 months−53.7%+16.4%
Year to date−36.2%+38.4%
1 year−8.2%+34.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+31.1%+5.8%
Gross margin33.9%33.5%
Net margin25.1%7.1%
P/E (TTM)185.3×23.3×
Price / sales1.8×1.2×
Net cash-$245.1M-$1.45B
Dividend yield1.82%2.54%
Volatility (60d)40.3%27.8%
Short % of float10.4%4.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).