NYSE:AVTR Avantor - AVTR Stock Forecast, Price & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Avantor, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. $23.05 -1.83 (-7.36%) (As of 02/3/2023 12:00 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$22.82▼$24.8450-Day Range$20.07▼$24.8852-Week Range$17.91▼$38.04Volume16.72 million shsAverage Volume5.90 million shsMarket Capitalization$15.54 billionP/E Ratio22.60Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$28.67 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability Avantor MarketRank™ ForecastAnalyst RatingModerate Buy2.71 Rating ScoreUpside/Downside24.4% Upside$28.67 Price TargetShort InterestHealthy1.18% of Shares Sold ShortDividend StrengthN/ASustainability-1.52Upright™ Environmental ScoreNews Sentiment0.58Based on 11 Articles This WeekInsider TradingAcquiring Shares$573,125 Bought Last QuarterProj. Earnings Growth15.11%From $1.39 to $1.60 Per ShareSee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.2.78 out of 5 starsMedical Sector223rd out of 1,028 stocksAnalytical Instruments Industry5th out of 27 stocks 2.4 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAvantor has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $28.67, Avantor has a forecasted upside of 24.4% from its current price of $23.05.Amount of Analyst CoverageAvantor has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 5.0 Short Interest Percentage of Shares Shorted1.18% of the outstanding shares of Avantor have been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverAvantor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Avantor has recently decreased by 5.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldAvantor does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthAvantor does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 2.5 Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreAvantor has received a 13.05% net impact score from Upright. Avantor seems to create the most significant positive value in categories "Taxes", "Jobs", and "Knowledge infrastructure". The positive contribution in the "Knowledge infrastructure" impact category is mostly driven by its "Low-temperature sterilization systems ", "Gas cabinets", and "Microplate readers" products. See details.Environmental SustainabilityThe Environmental Impact score for Avantor is -1.52. Previous Next 3.7 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentAvantor has a news sentiment score of 0.58. 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 0.47 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Avantor this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.Search Interest6 people have searched for AVTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows4 people have added Avantor to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days. Previous Next 3.3 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Avantor insiders have bought 101.69% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $573,125.00 in company stock and sold $284,155.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.00% of the stock of Avantor is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions88.80% of the stock of Avantor is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 3.1 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Avantor are expected to grow by 15.11% in the coming year, from $1.39 to $1.60 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Avantor is 22.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 130.08.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Avantor is 22.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 89.12.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAvantor has a P/B Ratio of 4.40. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks Here About Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) StockAvantor, Inc. is a provider of mission critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, and advanced technologies and applied materials industries. It sells materials, equipment, instrumentation, and offers specialty procurement. The firm operates through the following segments: the Americas, Europe, and AMEA. The company was founded by John Townsend Baker in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.Read More Receive AVTR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Avantor and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address AVTR Stock News HeadlinesFebruary 4, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comAvantor (NYSE:AVTR) Updates FY 2023 Earnings GuidanceFebruary 3, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comAvantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) EVP Gerard Brophy Sells 11,339 Shares of StockFebruary 5, 2023 | Tradewins (Ad)Know Your Profit Potential BEFORE You Trade!I’m Chuck Hughes, ten-time trading champion and author of the coveted e-book, “Options Trading Made Easy”, the strategy guide that will teach you to calculate your trade’s profit potential before you risk any capital. Click here for a free copy now! February 2, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comAvantor (AVTR) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on FridayFebruary 1, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comAvantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) Short Interest Down 5.3% in JanuaryJanuary 29, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comAvantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) Receives $28.67 Consensus PT from BrokeragesJanuary 24, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comDespite delivering investors losses of 33% over the past 1 year, Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) has been growing its earningsJanuary 18, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® and Avantor Foundation Giving Supports Communities Around the Globe in 2022February 5, 2023 | Tradewins (Ad)Know Your Profit Potential BEFORE You Trade!I’m Chuck Hughes, ten-time trading champion and author of the coveted e-book, “Options Trading Made Easy”, the strategy guide that will teach you to calculate your trade’s profit potential before you risk any capital. Click here for a free copy now! January 10, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) is largely controlled by institutional shareholders who own 85% of the companyJanuary 6, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Earnings and Host Earnings Call on Friday, February 3, 2023January 3, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® to Participate in the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare ConferenceDecember 14, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comHere’s Why Avantor (AVTR) Declined in Q3December 12, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comEstimating The Fair Value Of Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR)November 15, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® to Participate in the 5th Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx ConferenceNovember 11, 2022 | seekingalpha.comAvantor: Reduce To Hold, Awaiting Convergence Of Price, FundamentalsNovember 11, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comIs it a Good Move to Buy Avantor (AVTR) Shares?November 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor Third Quarter 2022 Earnings: EPS Beats ExpectationsNovember 5, 2022 | msn.comLooking Into Avantor's Return On Capital EmployedNovember 3, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® Continues Investment to Support Biopharma Market with Opening of New Distribution Center in Dublin, IrelandNovember 2, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor (NYSE:AVTR) Ticks All The Boxes When It Comes To Earnings GrowthOctober 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor, Inc. (AVTR) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top EstimatesOctober 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comHere’s How Multiple Headwinds Affected Avantor (AVTR) Stock in the Third QuarterOctober 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAvantor® Reports Third Quarter 2022 ResultsOctober 25, 2022 | markets.businessinsider.comWhat 16 Analyst Ratings Have To Say About AvantorOctober 21, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comEarnings Preview: Avantor, Inc. (AVTR) Q3 Earnings Expected to DeclineOctober 13, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comAre Options Traders Betting on a Big Move in Avantor (AVTR) Stock?See More Headlines View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive AVTR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Avantor and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address AVTR Company Calendar Last Earnings2/03/2023Today2/05/2023Next Earnings (Estimated)4/27/2023Fiscal Year End12/31/2023Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE Industry Analytical instruments Sub-IndustryN/A SectorMedical Current SymbolNYSE:AVTR CUSIPN/A CIK1722482 Webwww.avantorsciences.com Phone(610) 386-1700FaxN/AEmployees13,500Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Forecast$28.67 High Stock Price Forecast$40.00 Low Stock Price Forecast$24.00 Forecasted Upside/Downside+24.4%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.71 Research Coverage14 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.02 Trailing P/E Ratio22.60 Forward P/E Ratio16.58 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$572.60 million Net Margins8.38% Pretax Margin10.71% Return on Equity24.67% Return on Assets7.09% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.29 Current Ratio1.65 Quick Ratio1.07 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$7.39 billion Price / Sales2.10 Cash Flow$2.10 per share Price / Cash Flow10.99 Book Value$5.24 per share Price / Book4.40Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares674,200,000Free Float660,720,000Market Cap$15.54 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.38 Key ExecutivesMichael StubblefieldPresident, Chief Executive Officer & DirectorSheri LewisExecutive VP-Global Operations & Supply ChainTom SzlosekChief Financial Officer & Executive Vice PresidentMichael WondraschChief Information Officer & Executive VPJustin MillerSecretary, Executive VP & General CounselKey CompetitorsBio-Rad LaboratoriesNYSE:BIOBio-Rad LaboratoriesNYSE:BIO.B10x GenomicsNASDAQ:TXGIlluminaNASDAQ:ILMNQuest DiagnosticsNYSE:DGXView All CompetitorsInsiders & InstitutionsWilson Asset Management International PTY Ltd.Bought 49,052 shares on 2/3/2023Ownership: 0.127%Illinois Municipal Retirement FundBought 37,153 shares on 2/3/2023Ownership: 0.006%OLD National Bancorp INSold 6,028 shares on 2/3/2023Ownership: 0.003%Gerard BrophySold 11,339 sharesTotal: $284,155.34 ($25.06/share)ProShare Advisors LLCSold 505 shares on 2/2/2023Ownership: 0.002%View All Insider TransactionsView All Institutional Transactions AVTR Stock - Frequently Asked Questions Should I buy or sell Avantor stock right now? 14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Avantor in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AVTR shares. View AVTR analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks. What is Avantor's stock price forecast for 2023? 14 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Avantor's shares. Their AVTR share price forecasts range from $24.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $28.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for AVTR or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts. How have AVTR shares performed in 2023? Avantor's stock was trading at $21.09 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVTR shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $23.05. View the best growth stocks for 2023 here. Are investors shorting Avantor? Avantor saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,940,000 shares, a decline of 5.3% from the December 31st total of 8,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. View Avantor's Short Interest. When is Avantor's next earnings date? The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023. View our AVTR earnings forecast. How were Avantor's earnings last quarter? Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 3rd. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.79 billion. Avantor had a net margin of 8.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.67%. Avantor's revenue for the quarter was down 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.36 earnings per share. What guidance has Avantor issued on next quarter's earnings? Avantor issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.35-$1.45 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.40. The company issued revenue guidance of -. What other stocks do shareholders of Avantor own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Avantor investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Procter & Gamble (PG), Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS), Home Depot (HD), Pfizer (PFE) and QUALCOMM (QCOM). When did Avantor IPO? (AVTR) raised $3 billion in an initial public offering on Friday, May 17th 2019. The company issued 154,000,000 shares at a price of $18.00-$21.00 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. What is Avantor's stock symbol? Avantor trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVTR." Who are Avantor's major shareholders? Avantor's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parnassus Investments LLC (1.30%), Close Asset Management Ltd (0.77%), Country Trust Bank (0.35%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.33%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.27%) and Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Christi Shaw, Christophe Couturier, David D Petratis, Devashish Ohri, Frederic Vanderhaegen, Gerard Brophy, James Bramwell, Jo Natauri, Justin Miller, Michael Stubblefield, Michael Wondrasch, New Mountain Investments Iii,, Rajiv Gupta, Steven W Eck and Thomas A Szlosek. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Avantor? Shares of AVTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What is Avantor's stock price today? One share of AVTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.05. How much money does Avantor make? Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) has a market capitalization of $15.54 billion and generates $7.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $572.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.94 on an earnings per share basis. How many employees does Avantor have? The company employs 13,500 workers across the globe. How can I contact Avantor? Avantor's mailing address is BUILDING ONE SUITE 200 100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA, 19087. The official website for the company is www.avantorsciences.com. The company can be reached via phone at (610) 386-1700 or via email at avantorir@avantorsciences.com. This page (NYSE:AVTR) was last updated on 2/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. 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