Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Avient Corporation AVNT
$41.17 +1.55% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.78B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.85, up 44.5% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.3%).
- Net debt is 3.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth37Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 44%
Quality37Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
- Gross marginTop 37%
- Operating marginTop 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Interest coverTop 44%
Value60Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 45%
Momentum84Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
- 6-month returnTop 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 12%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Revisions70Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 8%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 38%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 21%
Stability34Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.3% | 2.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 60.7% | 44.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 32.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 9.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.6% | 1.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.4% | 1.3% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 44.5% | 60.7% | ↓ | Top 28% |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 32.6% | ↓ | Top 37% |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 8.0% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.6% | 4.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.7% | — | Bottom 47% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.4% | — | Bottom 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.95×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.98%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.11%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $47.75
- Target vs current price
- +16.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +7.5% | +12.5% | +19.5% | +15.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +2.5% | -3.5% | -9.3% | -9.8% | -1.2% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +1.8% | +2.4% | +4.0% | -15.5% | -9.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1.4% | +0.0% | -4.7% | +0.1% | +16.8% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | +2.6% | +7.0% | +5.1% | +17.9% | +3.4% |
| May 6, 2025 | +1.3% | +4.3% | +14.7% | +7.6% | -7.1% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +2.9% | +5.4% | -5.4% | -11.8% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +3.2% | -3.9% | +5.0% | +5.7% | -11.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.89 | +7.5% | $917.0M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.83 | $0.81 | +2.5% | $847.4M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.55 | +1.8% | $760.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.70 | $0.69 | +1.4% | $806.5M |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.80 | $0.78 | +2.6% | $866.5M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.76 | $0.75 | +1.3% | $826.6M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.49 | +0.0% | $746.5M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.65 | $0.63 | +3.2% | $815.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.3× | 21.2× | 52th | Top 32% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.5× | — | — | Top 36% |
| EV / Sales | 1.57× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.44% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 4.49% | — | — | Top 32% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.9× – 48.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +28.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +44.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -12.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 81
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.3%
- RSI (14)
- 48.2
- Relative volume
- 1.32×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 74th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 20, 2025 | -54.9% | 1006 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 7, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -17.1% | 94 days | 24 days (Oct 25, 2021) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -16.1% | 10 days | 24 days (Mar 3, 2021) |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -12.9% | 3 days | 28 days (May 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.78B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.33B
- Dividend yield
- 2.67%
- 52-week range
- $27.48 – $46.64
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.32B | $3.40B | $3.14B | $3.24B | $3.26B |
| Gross profit | $943.8M | $882.7M | $902.7M | $1.06B | $1.06B |
| Operating income | $279.7M | $243.3M | $221.5M | $329.3M | $203.5M |
| Net income | $230.8M | $153.0M | $75.7M | $169.5M | $81.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.51 | $1.66 | $0.82 | $1.84 | $0.89 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $815.2M | $746.5M | $826.6M | $866.5M | $806.5M | $760.6M | $847.4M | $917.0M |
| Net income | $38.2M | $48.3M | -$20.2M | $52.6M | $32.6M | $16.9M | $55.7M | $66.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.41 | $0.52 | -$0.22 | $0.57 | $0.36 | $0.18 | $0.61 | $0.70 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $233.8M | $398.4M | $201.6M | $256.8M | $301.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$100.6M | -$105.5M | -$119.4M | -$121.9M | -$106.6M |
| Free cash flow | $133.2M | $292.9M | $82.2M | $134.9M | $195.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$77.7M | -$86.8M | -$90.2M | -$94.0M | -$98.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.2M | -$36.4M | -$3.4M | -$6.4M | -$4.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $425.6M
- Total assets
- $6.00B
- Total liabilities
- $3.55B
- Total debt
- $1.88B
- Net debt
- $1.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.44B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.28 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | $0.28 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.28 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.28 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.27 | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | $0.27 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | $0.27 | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.27 | Jan 8, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,126,545
- Days to cover
- 6.16
- Change vs previous report
- +6.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.