How to buy Avantor stock (AVTR)

Avantor is a medical instruments & supplies business based in the US. Avantor shares (AVTR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $21.36 – an increase of 1.18% over the previous week. Avantor employs 14,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $6.8 billion.

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Avantor stock price (NYSE: AVTR)

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Avantor shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$21.36
52-week range	$19.59 - $28.00
50-day moving average more info button	$22.44
200-day moving average more info button	$23.97
Wall St. target price	$27.20
PE ratio more info button	46.9111
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.45

Is it a good time to buy Avantor stock?

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Avantor price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $21.26 from 2024-12-23

1 week (2024-12-18)	0.71%
1 month (2024-11-25)	0.76%
3 months (2024-09-25)	-17.18%
6 months (2024-06-25)	-3.67%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-7.32%
2 years (2022-12-23)	3.51%
3 years (2021-12-23)	41.25
5 years (2019-12-24)	17.13%

Is Avantor stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Avantor stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Avantor's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Avantor's P/E ratio

Avantor's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 47x. In other words, Avantor shares trade at around 47x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Avantor's EBITDA

Avantor's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Avantor's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Avantor financials

Revenue TTM	$6.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.31%
Gross profit TTM	$2.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.27%
Return on equity TTM	5.81%
Profit margin	4.54%
Book value	$8.16
Market Capitalization more info button	$14.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Avantor share dividends

We're not expecting Avantor to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Avantor share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Avantor's shares have ranged in value from as little as $19.59 up to $28. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Avantor's is 1.348. This would suggest that Avantor's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Avantor 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.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Avantor is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.25% of Avantor shares are held by insiders and 103.009% by institutions. How many people work for Avantor?
Latest data suggests 14,500 work at Avantor. When does the fiscal year end for Avantor?
Avantor's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Avantor based?
Avantor's address is: Radnor Corporate Center, Radnor, PA, United States, 19087 What is Avantor's ISIN number?
Avantor's international securities identification number is: US05352A1007 What is Avantor's CUSIP number?
Avantor's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 05352A100