HUN vs AVY vs NEU Stock Comparison

Huntsman, Avery Dennison and Newmarket Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HUN Huntsman CORP
$9.11 +2.4% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.58B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.90B
Div. yield
3.93%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
1 win
AVY Avery Dennison Corp
$181.77 +6.7% 1M +0.7% 1Y
Market cap
$13.80B
P/E
19.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25B
Div. yield
2.13%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins
NEU Newmarket Corp
$875.69 -2.5% 1M +15.9% 1Y
Market cap
$8.05B
P/E
18.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.74B
Div. yield
1.37%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Newmarket leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Newmarket 7, Avery Dennison 4, Huntsman 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHUNAVYNEULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.58B $13.80B $8.05B AVY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.8x 19.7x 18.5x NEU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.1x 19.6x AVY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.6% +5.8% -1.3% AVY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.1% 7.6% 15.8% NEU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.6% 14.3% 15.5% NEU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.6x 2.3x 1.1x NEU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.93% 2.13% 1.37% HUN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.9% +0.7% +15.9% NEU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.1%/yr -3.3%/yr +22.2%/yr NEU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.6% 23.4% 31.7% AVY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 69/100 71/100 NEU

Percentile Scorecard

HUNAVYNEU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHUNAVYNEU
Valuation 71 #28 of 94 60 #38 of 94 51 #47 of 94
Growth 20 #73 of 91 84 #15 of 91 50 #46 of 91
Profitability 37 #55 of 86 93 #7 of 86 95 #5 of 86
Financial Health 26 #71 of 95 34 #63 of 95 73 #26 of 95
Shareholder Returns 39 #43 of 70 75 #18 of 70 86 #11 of 70
Overall 38 69 71
  • HUN ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • AVY ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • NEU ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHUNAVYNEUSPY
1 month +2.4%+6.7%-2.5% -0.2%
3 months -20.4%+7.4%+11.7% +3.9%
6 months -33.3%+9.2%+28.3% +8.2%
Year to date -8.9%-0.1%+27.4% +12.9%
1 year -1.9%+0.7%+15.9% +12.3%
3 years -60.5%+6.6%+85.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -26.7%+2.1%+22.8% +23.3%
5 years -71.4%-15.6%+172.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -22.1%-3.3%+22.2% +10.9%
10 years -44.1%+158.3%+118.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year -5.6%+10.0%+8.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHUNAVYNEUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.6%23.4%31.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.9%21.6%35.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.070.480.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.030.030.50 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.0%-33.3%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.7%-7.9%-9.0% -1.2%
52-week high $15.89$197.45$961.92 $779.14
52-week low $7.42$153.01$584.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHUNAVYNEU
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 22.0x 19.7xmedian 22.0x 18.5xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.4x 1.5xmedian 1.4x 2.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 12.4x 11.3xmedian 12.4x 13.0xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -394.9xmedian 15.1x 13.0xmedian 15.1x 17.0xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.6x 5.9xmedian 1.6x 4.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 1.66 2.03median 1.66 2.08median 1.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHUNAVYNEU
Revenue $5.90B $9.25B $2.74B
Gross profit $796.00M $2.68B $863.73M
Operating income -$32.00M $1.19B $547.60M
Net income -$127.00M $704.90M $433.37M
Free cash flow -$4.00M $1.06B $473.66M
R&D $112.00M – $128.57M
EPS (diluted) $-1.04 $9.23 $47.32
Cash & equivalents $346.00M $227.30M $93.60M
Total debt $2.09B $14.80B $854.83M
Shares (diluted) 173.40M 76.40M 9.16M
Enterprise value $204.78M $12.58B $7.71B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHUNAVYNEU
P/E -8.8x 19.7x 18.5x
P/FCF -394.9x 13.0x 17.0x
P/Operating cash flow 9.6x 11.2x 14.0x
P/S 0.3x 1.5x 2.9x
P/B 0.5x 5.9x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 8.9x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 11.3x 13.0x
EV/EBIT -103.8x 14.5x 16.1x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.9x 3.2x
EV/FCF -830.2x 16.2x 18.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.2x 14.0x 15.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 2.03 2.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHUNAVYNEU
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.6% 5.8% -1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.9% 2.9% -0.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.1% 7.4% -4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -9.2% 6.6% 6.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 67.7% 5.9% -9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.9% 8.9% 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 54.0% -0.9% -9.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.7% 7.6% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 46.8% 1.6% -7.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -44.8% 9.7% 8.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -49.5% 51.6% -1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.1% 17.6% 18.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -102.5% 67.3% -9.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.3% 31.2% 17.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHUNAVYNEU
Gross margin 13.5% 29.0% 31.5%
EBITDA margin 4.5% 16.5% 24.7%
Operating margin -0.5% 12.8% 20.0%
Pretax margin -1.4% 10.4% 20.8%
Net margin -3.1% 7.6% 15.8%
FCF margin -0.1% 11.5% 17.3%
Operating cash flow margin 2.8% 13.3% 20.9%
Return on equity -4.4% 30.5% 24.3%
Return on assets -1.8% 7.8% 12.2%
Return on invested capital -0.6% 14.3% 15.5%
Return on capital employed -0.6% 19.5% 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.3x 1.8x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHUNAVYNEU
Debt / assets 29.0% 39.9% 23.6%
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.6x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.6x 2.3x 1.1x
Debt / FCF -521.8x 3.5x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 74.8% 49.2%
Equity / assets 40.7% 25.2% 50.8%
Interest coverage – 8.4x 15.3x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.46 3.57 4.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHUNAVYNEU
Dividend yield 3.9% 2.1% 1.4%
Net buyback yield – 3.0% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 3.9% 5.1% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) -71.7% 41.7% 25.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) -2,275% 27.7% 23.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) -48.0% 3.4% 9.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -18.3% 5.9% 9.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHUNAVYNEU
Forward P/E – 17.1xFY2026 19.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.27FY2026 $10.61FY2026 $44.59FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +11.3%FY2026 +0.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +7.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.42BFY2026 $9.82BFY2026 $2.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.0%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.8% +0.1% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHUNAVYNEU
Held by institutions 89.1% 97.4% 65.3%
Institutions holding 357 783 422
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.8% +2.7% +3.9%
Institutions buying 168 384 218
Institutions selling 139 272 138
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.41 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HUNAVYNEU
HUN 1.00 0.30 0.25
AVY 0.30 1.00 0.20
NEU 0.25 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HUN, AVY and NEU?

Avery Dennison (AVY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Huntsman (HUN) $1.58B, Avery Dennison (AVY) $13.80B, Newmarket (NEU) $8.05B.

Which stock is cheaper, HUN, AVY and NEU?

Newmarket (NEU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Huntsman (HUN) -8.8x, Avery Dennison (AVY) 19.7x, Newmarket (NEU) 18.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Avery Dennison (AVY) is cheapest (Avery Dennison (AVY) 17.1x, Newmarket (NEU) 19.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Avery Dennison (AVY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Huntsman (HUN) +0.6%, Avery Dennison (AVY) +5.8%, Newmarket (NEU) -1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Newmarket (NEU) has the highest net margin (Huntsman (HUN) -3.1%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 7.6%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.8%). On return on invested capital, Newmarket (NEU) leads (Huntsman (HUN) -0.6%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 14.3%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Newmarket (NEU) returned the most: Huntsman (HUN) -1.9%, Avery Dennison (AVY) +0.7%, Newmarket (NEU) +15.9%. Over five years, Newmarket (NEU) compounded fastest (Huntsman (HUN) -22.1%/yr, Avery Dennison (AVY) -3.3%/yr, Newmarket (NEU) +22.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Huntsman (HUN) has the highest dividend yield: Huntsman (HUN) 3.93%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 2.13%, Newmarket (NEU) 1.37%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Avery Dennison (AVY) has been the steadiest (Huntsman (HUN) 60.6%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 23.4%, Newmarket (NEU) 31.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HUN, AVY and NEU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Newmarket (NEU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.