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Avantor (AVTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$21.21 +0.19 (+0.90%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

About Avantor Stock (NYSE:AVTR)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$20.95
$21.47
50-Day Range
$19.72
$25.06
52-Week Range
$19.59
$28.00
Volume
10.97 million shs
Average Volume
6.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
$14.44 billion
P/E Ratio
46.11
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$27.69
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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. It also provides equipment and instrumentation products, including filtration systems, virus inactivation systems, incubators, analytical instruments, evaporators, ultra-low-temperature freezers, biological safety cabinets, and critical environment supplies. In addition, the company offers services and specialty procurements comprising onsite lab and production, clinical, equipment, procurement and sourcing, and biopharmaceutical material scale-up and development services. Further, it provides scientific research support services, such as DNA extraction, bioreactor servicing, clinical and biorepository, and compound management services. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Avantor Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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99th Percentile Overall Score

AVTR MarketRank™: 

Avantor scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 24th out of 944 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Avantor has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.85, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Avantor has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Avantor's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Avantor are expected to grow by 15.31% in the coming year, from $0.98 to $1.13 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Avantor is 46.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.39.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Avantor is 46.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 89.97.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Avantor has a PEG Ratio of 2.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Avantor has a P/B Ratio of 2.73. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.96% of the outstanding shares of Avantor have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Avantor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Avantor has recently decreased by 15.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Avantor does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Avantor does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.96% of the outstanding shares of Avantor have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Avantor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Avantor has recently decreased by 15.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Avantor has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Avantor this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 3 people have searched for AVTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    4 people have added Avantor to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Avantor insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.50% of the stock of Avantor is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    95.08% of the stock of Avantor is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Avantor's insider trading history.
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AVTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Avantor's stock was trading at $22.83 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVTR shares have decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at $21.21.
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Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 26th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.02. The business's revenue was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Avantor (AVTR) raised $3 billion in an IPO on Friday, May 17th 2019. The company issued 154,000,000 shares at $18.00-$21.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Jefferies acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim Securities, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup, Cowen, Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets, Baird, William Blair, Janney Montgomery Scott, KeyBanc Capital Markets, PJT Partners, Raymond James, Stephens, Stifel, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Wells Fargo Securities and Drexel Hamilton were co-managers.

Top institutional shareholders of Avantor include State Street Corp (3.29%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.60%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC (1.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael Stubblefield, Frederic Vanderhaegen, Gerard Brophy, James Bramwell, Christophe Couturier, Thomas A Szlosek and Steven W Eck.
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Shares of AVTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Avantor investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Humana (HUM), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
4/26/2024
Today
12/21/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Medical
Industry
Analytical instruments
Sub-Industry
Measuring And Control Equipment
Fax
N/A
Employees
14,500
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$27.69
High Stock Price Target
$34.00
Low Stock Price Target
$23.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+30.6%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.85
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$321.10 million
Pretax Margin
5.71%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$6.82 billion
Cash Flow
$1.57 per share
Book Value
$7.77 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
670,405,000
Market Cap
$14.44 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.29
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This page (NYSE:AVTR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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