Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Avient Stock Performance

Shares of AVNT opened at $33.99 on Tuesday. Avient has a 12-month low of $27.86 and a 12-month high of $54.68. The company has a market cap of $3.11 billion, a PE ratio of 18.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $35.96 and a 200-day moving average price of $42.11.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) last announced its 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%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Avient will post 2.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Avient Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th were issued a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. Avient's dividend payout ratio is presently 59.02%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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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