Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Avantor Q1 Earnings

Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Avantor in a report issued on Wednesday, February 5th. Zacks Research analyst D. Dey now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.24 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.25. The consensus estimate for Avantor's current full-year earnings is $0.98 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Avantor's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.27 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.08 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

AVTR has been the topic of several other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Avantor from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Raymond James restated an "outperform" rating and set a $24.00 price target (down previously from $26.00) on shares of Avantor in a research note on Monday. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on Avantor from $27.00 to $26.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 28th. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and set a $25.00 price target (down previously from $29.00) on shares of Avantor in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Avantor from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $26.15.

Avantor Trading Down 3.1 %

Shares of NYSE:AVTR traded down $0.60 on Friday, hitting $18.42. 6,740,329 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,460,743. Avantor has a 12 month low of $18.19 and a 12 month high of $28.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.28. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $21.68 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 1.06.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. Avantor had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 4.54%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.22 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Avantor

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of AVTR. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 188,900 shares of the company's stock worth $3,980,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 2.1% during the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 24,900 shares of the company's stock worth $644,000 after purchasing an additional 503 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 8,069 shares of the company's stock worth $170,000 after purchasing an additional 522 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 99,825 shares of the company's stock worth $2,103,000 after purchasing an additional 542 shares during the period. Finally, Veracity Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 1.0% during the third quarter. Veracity Capital LLC now owns 52,359 shares of the company's stock worth $1,355,000 after purchasing an additional 543 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.08% of the company's stock.

About Avantor

Avantor, Inc engages in the provision of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers materials and consumables, such as purity chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies, formulated silicone materials, customized excipients, customized single-use assemblies, process chromatography resins and columns, analytical sample prep kits, education and microbiology products, clinical trial kits, peristaltic pumps, and fluid handling tips.