Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Hold” consensus on Avantor, with 15 hold, two buy, and one sell ratings among 18 firms. The average 12-month price target is $12.00.
• Avantor’s latest quarterly results exceeded expectations, reporting $0.21 in EPS versus a $0.19 estimate and $1.69 billion in revenue versus a $1.61 billion forecast.
• The stock opened at $13.52, up from its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, while institutional investors and hedge funds hold a substantial 95.08% of outstanding shares.

Shares of Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the eighteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $12.00.

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AVTR. Citigroup lifted their price target on Avantor from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. UBS Group set a $8.00 price objective on Avantor in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Avantor from $10.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Zacks Research raised shares of Avantor from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised Avantor from an "underperform" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $13.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th.

Avantor Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NYSE AVTR opened at $13.52 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $9.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -16.10, a PEG ratio of 10.29 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $11.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.55. Avantor has a 12 month low of $7.26 and a 12 month high of $15.93.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 billion. Avantor had a negative net margin of 8.81% and a positive return on equity of 9.92%. The firm's revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.24 EPS. Avantor has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.800-0.830 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Avantor will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Avantor

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its holdings in Avantor by 46.2% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 2,769 shares of the company's stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 875 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Avantor by 28.1% in the 3rd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 4,123 shares of the company's stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 905 shares in the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its stake in shares of Avantor by 60.9% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,810 shares of the company's stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,064 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in Avantor by 17.6% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 7,371 shares of the company's stock worth $84,000 after buying an additional 1,101 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Avantor by 119.1% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,187 shares of the company's stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 1,189 shares in the last quarter. 95.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Avantor

Avantor, Inc NYSE: AVTR is a global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. The company delivers essential solutions that support research, development, production and safety applications. Its product portfolio spans from high-purity chemicals and reagents to biologics and cell culture media, as well as lab equipment, consumables and custom manufacturing services.

Avantor's offerings are organized across two primary segments.

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