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Avantor (AVTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$13.78 -0.15 (-1.09%)
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Key Stats

Today's Range
$13.66
$14.02
50-Day Range
$9.17
$14.45
52-Week Range
$7.26
$15.93
Volume
5.94 million shs
Average Volume
12.74 million shs
Market Capitalization
$9.32 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$12.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) is a global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. The company delivers essential solutions that support research, development, production and safety applications. Its product portfolio spans from high-purity chemicals and reagents to biologics and cell culture media, as well as lab equipment, consumables and custom manufacturing services.

Avantor’s offerings are organized across two primary segments. The first, Life Sciences, serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic research institutions with analytical instrumentation, reagents and laboratory supplies for drug discovery, development and quality control. The second, Chemicals & Specialized Services, provides advanced materials, custom chemical synthesis and process technologies to semiconductor, aerospace, electronics and industrial markets.

Founded through the combination of established chemical suppliers dating back to the early 20th century, Avantor adopted its current name in 2011 and has since expanded through strategic acquisitions and organic growth. The company completed its initial public offering in 2019. Avantor is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Stubblefield, who joined the company in 2022 with extensive experience in global manufacturing and technology sectors.

With operations in more than 180 countries, Avantor maintains a network of manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and research support centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The company emphasizes stringent quality standards, regulatory compliance and sustainability initiatives to ensure reliable supply chains and to advance scientific innovation worldwide.

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Avantor Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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AVTR MarketRank™: 

Avantor scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 621st out of 913 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Avantor has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.06, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 15 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Downside Risk

    Avantor has a consensus price target of $12.00, representing about 13.5% downside from its current price of $13.87.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Avantor has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Avantor's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Avantor are expected to grow by 7.41% in the coming year, from $0.81 to $0.87 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Avantor is -16.51, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Avantor is -16.51, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Avantor has a PEG Ratio of 10.49. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Avantor 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.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    7.88% of the float of Avantor has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Avantor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.37, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Avantor has recently decreased by 5.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Avantor does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Avantor does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • News Sentiment

    Avantor has a news sentiment score of 1.75. 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 0.66 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Avantor this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    11 people have searched for AVTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.28% of the stock of Avantor is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    95.08% of the stock of Avantor is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Avantor's insider trading history.
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AVTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Avantor's stock was trading at $11.47 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVTR shares have increased by 20.9% and is now trading at $13.87.

Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.02. Avantor's revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Avantor (AVTR) raised $3 billion in an initial public offering on Friday, May 17th 2019. The company issued 207,000,000 shares at $14.00-$15.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Jefferies served as the underwriters for the IPO and Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim Securities, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup, Cowen, Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets, Baird, William Blair, Janney Montgomery Scott, KeyBanc Capital Markets, PJT Partners, Raymond James, Stephens, Stifel, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Wells Fargo Securities and Drexel Hamilton were co-managers.

Top institutional shareholders of Avantor include BlackRock Inc. (10.39%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.61%) and Western Standard LLC (0.31%). Insiders that own company stock include Sanjeev K Mehra, Gregory L Summe, Frederic Vanderhaegen, James Bramwell, Gregory T Lucier, Steven W Eck, Joseph R Massaro and Simon Dingemans.
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Shares of AVTR 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Avantor investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Humana (HUM), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/29/2026
Today
8/14/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Life Sciences Tools & Services
Sub-Industry
Life Sciences Tools & Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:AVTR
CIK
1722482
Fax
N/A
Employees
13,500
Year Founded
1904

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$16.00
Low Price Target
$7.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-12.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.06
Research Coverage
18 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($0.84)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
17.01
P/E Growth
10.49
Net Income
-$530.20 million
Net Margins
-8.81%
Pretax Margin
-7.19%
Return on Equity
9.92%
Return on Assets
4.75%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.65
Current Ratio
1.78
Quick Ratio
1.18

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$6.55 billion
Price / Sales
1.42
Cash Flow
$1.50 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.20
Book Value
$8.32 per share
Price / Book
1.66

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
676,360,000
Free Float
674,465,000
Market Cap
$9.32 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.89

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This page (NYSE:AVTR) was last updated on 8/14/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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