Posted by Defense World Staff on Apr 25th, 2025
Avient Co. (NYSE:AVNT – Free Report) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Avient in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, April 21st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.76. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS.
AVNT has been the subject of several other reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Avient from $55.00 to $39.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Baird R W upgraded Avient to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird started coverage on shares of Avient in a research report on Friday, March 14th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $43.00 price target for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $48.60.
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Avient Price Performance
AVNT opened at $33.68 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.42. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $37.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $42.98. Avient has a one year low of $27.86 and a one year high of $54.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.41.
Avient (NYSE:AVNT – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 5.23% and a return on equity of 10.44%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Avient by 56.2% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 250 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Avient by 85.8% during the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Avient by 57.5% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 519 shares during the period. Curat Global LLC bought a new stake in shares of Avient in the first quarter worth about $56,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Avient during the fourth quarter worth about $90,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.48% of the company’s stock.
Avient Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th were paid a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 18th. Avient’s payout ratio is 59.02%.
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.
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