Enlightify (NYSE:ENFY – Get Free Report) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT – Get Free Report) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Risk and Volatility
Enlightify has a beta of -4.76, meaning that its stock price is 576% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Enlightify and Avient’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Enlightify | -22.98% | -18.78% | -11.03% |
| Avient | 4.81% | 11.11% | 4.40% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Enlightify | $79.21 million | 0.00 | -$28.41 million | ($0.86) | -0.00 |
| Avient | $3.28 billion | 1.04 | $81.90 million | $1.72 | 21.68 |
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Enlightify. Enlightify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Enlightify and Avient, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Enlightify | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Avient | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
Avient has a consensus price target of $45.71, suggesting a potential upside of 22.58%. Given Avient’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Enlightify.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.1% of Enlightify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Enlightify shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Avient beats Enlightify on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Enlightify
Enlightify, Inc. engages in the research, development, production, and sale of various types of fertilizers and agricultural products. It operates through the following segments: Jinong, Gufeng, and Yuxing. The Jinong segment includes fertilizer products, with focus on humic acid-based compound fertilizer. The Gufeng segment refers to the compound fertilizer, blended fertilizer, organic compound fertilizer, slow-release fertilizers, highly concentrated water-soluble fertilizers, and mixed organic-inorganic compound fertilizer. The Yuxing segment develops and produces agricultural products, such as top-grade fruits, vegetables, flowers, and colored seedlings. The company was founded by Tao Li on February 6, 1987 and is headquartered in Xi’an, China.
About Avient
Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in two segments, Color, Additives and Inks; and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks; custom-formulated liquid system, such as polyester, vinyl, natural rubber and latex, polyurethane, and silicone; and proprietary inks. Its products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020. Avient Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.
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