Avient (AVNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avient Corporation is a global provider of specialty polymer materials, services and solutions. Its offerings include colorants, additives, specialty engineered compounds and other materials designed to enhance the performance, appearance or processing of plastics and other polymers. The company serves customers across industries such as packaging, healthcare, transportation, consumer products and construction.

Avient’s products include color and additive concentrates, specialty thermoplastic compounds, and high-performance materials, including advanced fibers and composites. It also provides technical support and material development services to help customers select and apply polymer solutions, including options designed to support sustainability goals.

The company was known as PolyOne until 2020, when it adopted the Avient name following its acquisition of Clariant’s color and specialty masterbatch businesses. Headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, Avient serves customers through operations and commercial activities in markets around the world.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $44.88 to $46.53
• 50-Day Range: $37.85 to $47.92
• 52-Week Range: $27.48 to $49.08
• Volume: 482,155 shs
• Average Volume: 816,211 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.04
• Dividend Yield: 2.45%
• Price Target: $48.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Avient Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avient scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 82nd out of 227 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: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Avient has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Avient is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avient has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.67%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avient are expected to grow by 10.67% in the coming year, from $3.28 to $3.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avient is 23.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avient is 23.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avient has a PEG Ratio of 1.30. 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 1.67. 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

4.66% 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 6.49.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avient has recently decreased by 4.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Avient pays a meaningful dividend of 2.38%, 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 56.41%. 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 30.30% next year. This indicates that Avient will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.79

News Sentiment

Avient has a news sentiment score of 0.79. 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 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Avient this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

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

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Avient to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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 10/7 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/7 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/07/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Record date for 1/7 Dividend: 12/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 1/7 Dividend: 12/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 1/07/2027

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: $48.75
• High Price Target: $56.00
• Low Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.95
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.04
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.38
• P/E Growth: 1.3
• Net Income: $81.90 million
• Net Margins: 5.27%
• Pretax Margin: 7.15%
• Return on Equity: 12.17%
• Return on Assets: 4.95%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.74
• Current Ratio: 1.71
• Quick Ratio: 1.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.26
• Cash Flow: $4.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.51
• Book Value: $26.93 per share
• Price / Book: 1.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 91,750,000
• Free Float: 90,966,000
• Market Cap: $4.12 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.23