Avient (AVNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is a global provider of specialized and sustainable polymer materials, delivering color, additive and engineered solutions to a wide range of industries. The company’s core offerings include masterbatches, colorant systems, compounds and resins designed to enhance performance, aesthetics and environmental sustainability. Avient serves markets such as packaging, automotive, consumer goods, healthcare, electronics, and agriculture, tailoring products to meet stringent regulatory and end-use requirements.

Formed through a corporate rebranding in 2020 following the divestiture of PolyOne’s specialty businesses, Avient traces its heritage to a legacy of polymer innovation spanning decades. The company has since expanded its technology platforms, investing in research and development centers and collaborating with customers to develop bio-based and recyclable solutions that address evolving sustainability goals. Avient’s innovation pipeline focuses on reducing carbon footprint, improving material efficiency and enabling circular-economy initiatives across its product lines.

Headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, Avient maintains a geographically diversified footprint with manufacturing, technical service and distribution facilities across North and South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. This global presence allows the company to provide rapid technical support, supply continuity and local regulatory expertise to customers operating in diverse markets. Avient’s supply chain strategy emphasizes agility and compliance, ensuring responsiveness to shifting raw-material availability and regional regulatory requirements.

Under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Robert M. Patterson, Avient emphasizes operational excellence, customer collaboration and sustainable growth. The senior management team brings experience in advanced materials, specialty chemicals and global operations, guiding the company’s focus on innovation, digital transformation and strategic partnerships. Through targeted investments and continuous improvement, Avient aims to strengthen its portfolio of differentiated polymer solutions and deliver long-term value to its stakeholders.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.56 to $36.03
• 50-Day Range: $31.61 to $37.80
• 52-Week Range: $27.86 to $54.68
• Volume: 437,067 shs
• Average Volume: 664,323 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.96
• Dividend Yield: 3.02%
• Price Target: $45.60
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Avient Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avient scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 25th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Avient has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Avient has a consensus price target of $45.60, representing about 27.4% upside from its current price of $35.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avient has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.09%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avient are expected to grow by 15.09% in the coming year, from $2.85 to $3.28 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avient is 27.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avient is 27.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 157.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avient has a PEG Ratio of 1.25. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Avient has a P/B Ratio of 1.40. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.53% of the float of Avient has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Avient has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avient has recently increased by 2.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Avient pays a meaningful dividend of 2.98%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Avient has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Avient is 84.38%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Avient will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.93% next year. This indicates that Avient will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -4.13

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.53% of the float of Avient has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Avient has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avient has recently increased by 2.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.36

News Sentiment

Avient has a news sentiment score of 1.36. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Avient this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for AVNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Avient insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.85% of the stock of Avient is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.48% of the stock of Avient is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AVNT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AVNT shares performed this year?

Avient's stock was trading at $40.86 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, AVNT shares have decreased by 12.4% and is now trading at $35.79.

How were Avient's earnings last quarter?

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.02. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Avient's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Avient include Franklin Resources Inc. (5.01%), State Street Corp (4.11%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.84%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert M Patterson and Joel R Rathbun.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Avient?

Shares of AVNT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Avient own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Avient investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), The RMR Group (RMR), AU Optronics (AUOTY), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/9 Dividend: 6/20/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/9 Dividend: 6/20/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/09/2025
• Last Earnings: 8/01/2025
• Record date for 10/8 Dividend: 9/12/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 10/8 Dividend: 9/12/2025
• Today: 9/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 10/08/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: CHEM - DIVERSIFD
• Sub-Industry: Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AVNT
• CIK: 1122976
• Web: www.avient.com
• Phone: (440) 930-1000
• Fax: 440-930-3064
• Employees: 9,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Avient: $45.60
• High Price Target: $58.00
• Low Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.99
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.57
• P/E Growth: 1.25
• Net Income: $169.50 million
• Net Margins: 3.65%
• Pretax Margin: 4.84%
• Return on Equity: 10.57%
• Return on Assets: 4.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.85
• Current Ratio: 2.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.24 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.01
• Cash Flow: $4.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.79
• Book Value: $25.50 per share
• Price / Book: 1.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 91,540,000
• Free Float: 90,763,000
• Market Cap: $3.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.40