Avient vs NewMarket
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KIRA’s take AI analyst
I put Avient and NewMarket side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Avient is the larger business, with $3.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.7B for NewMarket.
- Avient grew revenue faster (0.6%, against −2.2%).
- NewMarket kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.0% operating margin, against 6.2%).
- NewMarket turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.0% FCF margin, against 6.0%).
- NewMarket earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.3%, against 4.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Avient’s earnings: a P/E of 22.3x against 18.9x for NewMarket.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Avient
AVNT
3/11
Revenue growth5-year growthPiotroski F-score
NewMarket
NEU
8/11
Gross marginOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | AVNT FY25 | NEU FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.8B | $8.1B |
| Revenue | $3.3B | $2.7B |
| Free cash flow | $195M | $491M |
| Net income | $81.9M | $419M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.6% | −2.2% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | 6.3% |
| Share count change | −0.2% | −1.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 31.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 20.0% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 15.4% |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 18.0% |
| Return on capital | 4.0% | 16.3% |
| Return on equity | 3.5% | 25.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $824M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.6x | 1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $98.8M | $183M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.3x | 18.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.