KeyCorp Comments on Avient’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:AVNT)

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) – Research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Avient in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, September 16th. KeyCorp analyst A. Yefremov expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $48.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share.

Separately, Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on Avient from $43.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, August 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $46.00.

Avient Stock Down 3.1%

AVNT stock opened at $35.19 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $35.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.38. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Avient has a 1-year low of $27.86 and a 1-year high of $54.68. The stock has a market cap of $3.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.40.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $866.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $852.98 million. Avient had a return on equity of 10.57% and a net margin of 3.65%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share. Avient has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.700-0.700 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.770-2.870 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Avient

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AVNT. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of Avient in the 1st quarter worth $50,471,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Avient in the second quarter worth about $36,767,000. Swedbank AB bought a new stake in Avient during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $37,160,000. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in Avient by 100.4% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,125,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,839,000 after purchasing an additional 564,099 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Avient by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,348,157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,576,000 after purchasing an additional 279,064 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.48% of the company’s stock.

Avient Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Friday, September 12th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 12th. Avient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 84.38%.

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.