Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.760-0.760 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.760. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avient also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.700-2.940 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on AVNT. Seaport Res Ptn lowered Avient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Avient from $55.00 to $59.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $55.50.

Avient Trading Up 3.0 %

Shares of NYSE:AVNT traded up $1.26 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $43.00. The company had a trading volume of 739,718 shares, compared to its average volume of 526,683. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a current ratio of 1.63. Avient has a 1-year low of $37.33 and a 1-year high of $54.68. The firm has a market cap of $3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $42.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.36.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49. Avient had a return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 4.66%. Research analysts predict that Avient will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Avient Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. Avient’s payout ratio is presently 66.67%.

Avient Company Profile

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.