Avient (AVNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is a global materials company that develops and manufactures specialized polymer products and solutions. Its offerings include engineered materials, polymer colorants and additives, composites, films, and other products designed to improve the performance, appearance, durability, and sustainability of manufactured goods.

The company serves customers across industries including transportation, healthcare, packaging, consumer goods, electronics, energy, and building and infrastructure. Avient also provides sustainable material solutions, such as recycled and bio-based formulations, as well as specialty products used in medical devices, protective equipment, and other demanding applications.

Avient is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, and operates through a global network serving customers in North America, Europe, Asia, and other international markets. The company adopted the Avient name in 2020 after operating as PolyOne Corporation. Ashish K. Kulkarni serves as Avient’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.68 to $41.25
• 50-Day Range: $35.80 to $46.28
• 52-Week Range: $27.48 to $46.64
• Volume: 497,115 shs
• Average Volume: 650,913 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.76 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.16
• Dividend Yield: 2.68%
• Price Target: $46.71
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Avient Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avient scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 73rd out of 226 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Avient has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Avient has a consensus price target of $46.71, representing about 14.0% upside from its current price of $40.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avient has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avient are expected to grow by 10.63% in the coming year, from $3.20 to $3.54 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avient is 22.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avient is 22.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avient has a PEG Ratio of 1.19. 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 1.57. 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

4.28% 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 5.32.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avient has recently decreased by 1.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Avient pays a meaningful dividend of 2.67%, 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 59.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Avient will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.07% next year. This indicates that Avient will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.03

News Sentiment

Avient has a news sentiment score of 1.03. 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 0.51 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Avient this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for AVNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 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

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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Record date for 10/7 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/7 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AVNT
• CIK: 1122976
• Web: www.avient.com
• Phone: (440) 930-1000
• Fax: 440-930-3064
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: 2000

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Avient: $46.71
• High Price Target: $56.00
• Low Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.81
• P/E Growth: 1.19
• Net Income: $81.90 million
• Net Margins: 5.10%
• Pretax Margin: 6.87%
• Return on Equity: 11.64%
• Return on Assets: 4.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.77
• Current Ratio: 1.90
• Quick Ratio: 1.35

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.15
• Cash Flow: $4.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.49
• Book Value: $26.06 per share
• Price / Book: 1.57

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 91,720,000
• Free Float: 90,940,000
• Market Cap: $3.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.29