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.

Avient Trading Up 3.0 %

AVNT traded up $1.26 on Thursday, reaching $43.00. 739,718 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 526,683. The company’s 50 day moving average is $42.75 and its 200-day moving average is $46.36. The company has a market cap of $3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.55, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.51. Avient has a twelve month low of $37.33 and a twelve month high of $54.68. 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 (NYSE:AVNT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 4.66% and a return on equity of 10.56%. Equities analysts predict that Avient will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Avient Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. Avient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 66.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on AVNT shares. Seaport Res Ptn cut Avient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Avient from $55.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Avient has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $55.50.

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.