Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Issues 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on AVNT shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Avient from $39.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Avient from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Avient to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, March 14th. Robert W. Baird assumed coverage on shares of Avient in a report on Friday, March 14th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $43.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given 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 a consensus price target of $48.25.

Avient Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:AVNT traded down $0.53 on Friday, hitting $36.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 483,698 shares, compared to its average volume of 548,170. Avient has a 1 year low of $27.86 and a 1 year high of $54.68. 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 has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion, a PE ratio of 20.11, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $41.82.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.01. Avient had a net margin of 5.23% and a return on equity of 10.44%. The firm had revenue of $826.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.90 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.76 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that Avient will post 2.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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 issued a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. Avient's dividend payout ratio is 100.93%.

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.