Seaport Res Ptn Weighs in on Avient Co.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AVNT)

Avient Co. (NYSE:AVNT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Avient in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 26th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.86 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.92. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.61 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Avient from $50.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Avient from $49.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Avient from $45.00 to $49.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Avient has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $46.20.

Avient Trading Up 1.1 %

AVNT stock opened at $43.65 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $44.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.35. Avient has a fifty-two week low of $27.73 and a fifty-two week high of $47.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.42.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.07. Avient had a return on equity of 9.79% and a net margin of 3.37%. The firm had revenue of $829.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $818.45 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.63 EPS. The business’s revenue was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in Avient during the first quarter worth about $35,000. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in Avient by 42.8% during the fourth quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Avient during the first quarter worth about $133,000. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Avient by 11.2% during the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 4,010 shares of the company’s stock worth $174,000 after acquiring an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TFO Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Avient by 50,811.1% during the fourth quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,582 shares of the company’s stock worth $190,000 after acquiring an additional 4,573 shares in the last quarter. 95.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Avient Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 21st will be given a $0.257 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 21st. This represents a $1.03 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.36%. Avient’s dividend payout ratio is currently 89.57%.

About Avient

Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in two segments, Color, Additives and Inks; and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks; custom-formulated liquid system, such as polyester, vinyl, natural rubber and latex, polyurethane, and silicone; and proprietary inks.