Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) Receives $11.80 Average PT from Brokerages

Shares of Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have issued a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $11.80.

AVTR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Avantor in a report on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $10.50 target price on shares of Avantor in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Avantor from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Zacks Research cut shares of Avantor from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a $8.50 price objective on shares of Avantor in a research report on Friday, March 6th.

Insider Transactions at Avantor

In other news, Director Gregory T. Lucier acquired 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $9.16 per share, for a total transaction of $458,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 50,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $458,000. This represents a ? increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Sanjeev K. Mehra bought 125,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $8.01 per share, for a total transaction of $1,001,250.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 475,000 shares in the company, valued at $3,804,750. This represents a 35.71% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders bought a total of 275,000 shares of company stock worth $2,399,250 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Avantor

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in shares of Avantor by 635.0% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 218,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,514,000 after purchasing an additional 188,587 shares in the last quarter. Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Avantor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $211,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Avantor by 22.0% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 109,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,254,000 after buying an additional 19,697 shares during the period. Kera Capital Partners Inc. increased its stake in Avantor by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 24,992 shares of the company’s stock worth $273,000 after buying an additional 1,971 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in Avantor by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 17,178,716 shares of the company’s stock worth $196,868,000 after buying an additional 1,125,348 shares in the last quarter. 95.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Avantor Stock Up 1.2%

AVTR stock opened at $7.60 on Friday. Avantor has a one year low of $7.39 and a one year high of $16.78. The firm has a market cap of $5.19 billion, a PE ratio of -9.75, a PEG ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.97. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $9.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.78.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. Avantor had a positive return on equity of 10.45% and a negative net margin of 8.09%.The company had revenue of $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.64 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.27 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Avantor has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.770-0.830 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Avantor will post 1.06 EPS for the current year.

Avantor Company Profile

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.