Avnet (AVT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avnet, Inc. is a global technology distributor that helps manufacturers, engineers and other customers source electronic components and develop products. The company connects semiconductor and electronic-component suppliers with original equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing services providers and independent design firms.

Its offerings include semiconductors, embedded processors and computing products, memory, interconnect solutions, passive and electromechanical components, and related hardware and software. Avnet also provides engineering, design-chain, supply-chain and logistics services intended to support customers from product concept and prototyping through production and aftermarket fulfillment.

Founded in 1921 as a radio-parts retailer in New York City, Avnet has expanded into an international enterprise serving customers and suppliers across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and operates through a global network of distribution, design and technical-support facilities.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $101.55 to $104.58
• 50-Day Range: $83.59 to $101.15
• 52-Week Range: $44.25 to $104.58
• Volume: 128,969 shs
• Average Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.43 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.77
• Dividend Yield: 1.44%
• Price Target: $93.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Avnet Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avnet scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 125th out of 602 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Avnet has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Avnet has a consensus price target of $93.25, representing about 9.6% downside from its current price of $103.19.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avnet has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.37%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avnet are expected to grow by 7.37% in the coming year, from $10.45 to $11.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avnet is 25.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avnet is 25.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.29.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avnet has a PEG Ratio of 0.30. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Avnet has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.53% of the float of Avnet has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Avnet has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.44.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avnet has recently increased by 6.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Avnet pays a meaningful dividend of 1.51%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Avnet has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Avnet is 37.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Avnet will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.19% next year. This indicates that Avnet will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.25

News Sentiment

Avnet has a news sentiment score of 1.25. 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 0.67 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Avnet this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for AVT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

16 people have added Avnet to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 700% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Avnet insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $8,030,011.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.90% of the stock of Avnet is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.78% of the stock of Avnet is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/23 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/23 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/23/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: Technology Distributors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AVT
• CIK: 8858
• Web: www.avnet.com
• Phone: (480) 643-2000
• Fax: 480-643-7370
• Employees: 15,040
• Year Founded: 1921

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Avnet: $93.25
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $72.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -9.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.81
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.85
• P/E Growth: 0.3
• Net Income: $334.39 million
• Net Margins: 1.21%
• Pretax Margin: 1.69%
• Return on Equity: 9.57%
• Return on Assets: 3.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.49
• Current Ratio: 1.78
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $27.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.31
• Cash Flow: $7.77 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.26
• Book Value: $61.23 per share
• Price / Book: 1.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 82,070,000
• Free Float: 80,514,000
• Market Cap: $8.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.10