Seaport Res Ptn Issues Negative Estimate for Avient Earnings

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Avient in a research note issued on Friday, October 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.71. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s FY2025 earnings at $2.81 EPS.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.02. Avient had a return on equity of 10.57% and a net margin of 3.65%.The firm had revenue of $866.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $852.98 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 EPS. Avient’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. Avient has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.700-0.700 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.770-2.870 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Avient in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. KeyCorp began coverage on Avient in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $48.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on Avient from $43.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.60.

Avient Price Performance

AVNT stock opened at $32.09 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 2.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Avient has a 52-week low of $27.86 and a 52-week high of $54.68. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $34.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $34.34. The company has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion, a PE ratio of 25.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.41.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Avient

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Intech Investment Management LLC grew its stake in Avient by 24.6% during the 1st quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 97,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,618,000 after buying an additional 19,223 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in Avient by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 969,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,014,000 after buying an additional 15,737 shares during the last quarter. Strs Ohio bought a new position in Avient during the 1st quarter worth $7,804,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in Avient during the 1st quarter worth $230,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in Avient by 20.1% during the 1st quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,645 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,000 after buying an additional 443 shares during the last quarter. 95.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Avient Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 12th will be issued a $0.275 dividend. This is a positive change from Avient’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 12th. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.4%. Avient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 84.38%.

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.