Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.700-2.940 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.780. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avient also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.790-0.790 EPS.

Avient Stock Performance

Shares of AVNT opened at $33.99 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $3.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.57, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The business's 50 day moving average is $35.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.11. Avient has a 52-week low of $27.86 and a 52-week high of $54.68.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 5.23% and a return on equity of 10.44%. Analysts forecast that Avient will post 2.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Avient Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th were paid a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.18%. Avient's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 59.02%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AVNT has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Seaport Res Ptn raised Avient from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Avient from $55.00 to $39.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Avient to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird began coverage on shares of Avient in a research report on Friday, March 14th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $43.00 price objective for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $48.60.

Avient Company Profile

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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