Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.700-2.940 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.860. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Avient also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.760-0.760 EPS.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several brokerages recently issued reports on AVNT. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of Avient from $59.00 to $55.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $54.00.
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Avient Stock Performance
Shares of AVNT stock traded up $0.07 during trading on Monday, hitting $43.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 775,739 shares, compared to its average volume of 482,740. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87. The company has a market cap of $3.93 billion, a PE ratio of 26.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.51. The business has a fifty day moving average of $42.48 and a 200-day moving average of $46.34. Avient has a 52 week low of $37.63 and a 52 week high of $54.68.
Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49. Avient had a return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 4.66%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Avient will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current year.
Avient Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.27 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. Avient's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 66.67%.
Avient Company Profile
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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.
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