Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) 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 Stock Up 0.2 %

AVNT stock traded up $0.07 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $43.02. The company had a trading volume of 775,739 shares, compared to its average volume of 482,740. The company has a market capitalization of $3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.56, a PEG 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 52 week low of $37.63 and a 52 week high of $54.68. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.34.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share 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%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Avient will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Avient Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AVNT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Avient from $59.00 to $55.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Avient presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $54.00.

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.