Both in Plastics & Resins

Avient vs Albemarle

Over the past year AVNT returned +35.4% and ALB returned −6.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.26.

AVNT +35.4% ALB −6.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVNTALB
Price$43.45$90.56
Market cap$3.99B$10.69B
Today+1.42%−0.48%
1 month+5.5%−13.4%
6 months+22.0%−52.5%
Year to date+39.1%−36.0%
1 year+37.8%−7.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.8%+31.1%
Gross margin33.5%33.9%
Net margin7.1%25.1%
P/E (TTM)23.4×186.1×
Price / sales1.2×1.8×
Net cash-$1.45B-$245.1M
Dividend yield2.53%1.81%
Volatility (60d)27.8%40.3%
Short % of float4.9%10.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).