Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Announces FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.100-3.250 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.200. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avient also updated its Q3 2026 guidance to 0.800-0.800 EPS.

Avient Stock Performance

Shares of Avient stock opened at $40.95 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.90. The firm has a market cap of $3.76 billion, a PE ratio of 22.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.28. Avient has a 1 year low of $27.48 and a 1 year high of $46.64. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $42.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.41.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $917.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $898.53 million. Avient had a return on equity of 11.64% and a net margin of 5.10%.Avient’s quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.80 earnings per share. Avient has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.100-3.250 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.800-0.800 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Avient will post 3.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Avient Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 11th will be given a $0.2825 dividend. This is a boost from Avient’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2750. This represents a $1.13 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 11th. Avient’s dividend payout ratio is 59.46%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AVNT has been the subject of several recent research reports. Seaport Research Partners restated a “buy” rating and set a $54.00 price target on shares of Avient in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Avient from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 18th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Avient from $44.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Avient from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 5th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Avient from $47.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Avient currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $46.71.

Avient Company Profile

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is a global materials company that develops and manufactures specialized polymer products and solutions. Its portfolio includes engineered materials, specialty formulations, colorants, additives, inks, and other technologies designed to improve the performance, appearance, sustainability, and processing of plastics and other materials.

The company serves customers across a range of industries, including packaging, transportation, healthcare, consumer products, electronics, building and construction, and energy.