Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.700-2.940 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.860. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avient also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.760-0.760 EPS.

Avient Price Performance

Shares of AVNT stock traded up $1.27 on Thursday, hitting $43.01. 780,935 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 528,439. The stock has a market cap of $3.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.21. Avient has a 12 month low of $37.33 and a 12 month high of $54.68. The company has a 50 day moving average of $42.75 and a 200 day moving average of $46.36.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 4.66% and a return on equity of 10.56%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Avient will post 2.65 EPS for the current year.

Avient Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. 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%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

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.