Both in Plastics & Resins

Hexcel vs Avient

Over the past year HXL returned +13.4% and AVNT returned +34.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.28.

HXL +13.4% AVNT +34.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHXLAVNT
Price$81.83$43.25
Market cap$6.19B$3.97B
Today+0.75%−0.46%
1 month−4.7%+4.0%
6 months−11.9%+16.4%
Year to date+10.7%+38.4%
1 year+14.6%+34.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8%+5.8%
Gross margin23.3%33.5%
Net margin7.8%7.1%
P/E (TTM)36.1×23.3×
Price / sales3.1×1.2×
Net cash-$857.1M-$1.45B
Dividend yield0.88%2.54%
Volatility (60d)32.2%27.8%
Short % of float6.3%4.9%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).