Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Avient Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AVNT traded up $0.56 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $43.51. 264,766 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 533,369. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.97 billion, a PE ratio of 26.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.51. Avient has a one year low of $37.63 and a one year high of $54.68. The company’s 50 day moving average is $42.61 and its 200 day moving average is $46.34.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its quarterly 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 return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 4.66%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Avient will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Avient Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be given a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.48%. Avient’s dividend payout ratio is presently 66.67%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AVNT has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Avient from $55.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn lowered Avient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Avient currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $55.00.

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.