Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the sixteen research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eleven have given a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $11.8333.

Several research firms have recently issued reports on AVTR. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Avantor from $12.00 to $9.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Zacks Research downgraded Avantor from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Raymond James Financial downgraded Avantor from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Evercore set a $10.00 target price on Avantor in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $10.00 target price on Avantor in a research note on Friday, February 13th.

Avantor Stock Performance

Shares of AVTR opened at $8.89 on Tuesday. Avantor has a 1 year low of $8.83 and a 1 year high of $18.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion, a PE ratio of -11.40, a PEG ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.78. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $12.09.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. Avantor had a negative net margin of 8.09% and a positive return on equity of 10.45%. The firm had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.27 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Avantor has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.770-0.830 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Avantor will post 1.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Avantor

In related news, Director Gregory T. Lucier purchased 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $9.16 per share, for a total transaction of $458,000.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 50,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $458,000. The trade was a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Gregory L. Summe purchased 100,000 shares of Avantor stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $9.40 per share, with a total value of $940,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,760,000. The trade was a 33.33% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders purchased 500,000 shares of company stock worth $5,279,500. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Avantor

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AVTR. Kera Capital Partners Inc. boosted its position in shares of Avantor by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 24,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,971 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Avantor by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 17,178,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,868,000 after buying an additional 1,125,348 shares during the last quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp purchased a new stake in Avantor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $12,734,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in shares of Avantor by 15.6% in the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 93,125 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,067,000 after acquiring an additional 12,533 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Avantor by 1,180.2% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 412,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,722,000 after acquiring an additional 380,236 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.08% of the company’s stock.

Avantor Company Profile

Avantor, Inc (NYSE:AVTR) is a global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. The company delivers essential solutions that support research, development, production and safety applications. Its product portfolio spans from high-purity chemicals and reagents to biologics and cell culture media, as well as lab equipment, consumables and custom manufacturing services.

Avantor’s offerings are organized across two primary segments.