How to buy Avient stock (AVNT)

Avient is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Avient shares (AVNT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $41.50 – a decrease of 12.67% over the previous week. Avient employs 9,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.2 billion.

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Avient stock price (NYSE: AVNT)

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Avient shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$41.50
52-week range	$34.68 - $54.37
50-day moving average more info button	$49.67
200-day moving average more info button	$45.84
Wall St. target price	$59.00
PE ratio more info button	25.9939
Dividend yield more info button	$1.03 (2.55%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.63

Is it a good time to buy Avient stock?

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Avient price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $41.69 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-12.27%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-20.26%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-13.33%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-4.88%

1 year (2023-12-22)	1.26%
2 years (2022-12-22)	33.03%
3 years (2021-12-22)	50.5751
5 years (2019-12-20)	27.06%

Is Avient stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Avient's P/E ratio

Avient's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 26x. In other words, Avient shares trade at around 26x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Avient's PEG ratio

Avient's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.858. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Avient's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Avient's EBITDA

Avient's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $550 million.

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

Avient financials

Revenue TTM	$3.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.76%
Gross profit TTM	$964 million
Return on assets TTM	3.94%
Return on equity TTM	6.41%
Profit margin	4.66%
Book value	$25.86
Market Capitalization more info button	$3.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Avient share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 38.81% of net profits

Recently Avient has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Avient shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Avient's case, that would currently equate to about $1.03 per share.

While Avient's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Avient may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Avient's most recent dividend payout was on 7 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Avient's shares ever split?

Avient's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 17 June 1996 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Avient shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Avient shares which in turn could have impacted Avient's share price.

Avient share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Avient's shares have ranged in value from as little as $34.6761 up to $54.3745. 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 Avient's is 1.498. This would suggest that Avient's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Avient overview

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. Its products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Avient is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.913% of Avient shares are held by insiders and 98.811% by institutions. How many people work for Avient?
Latest data suggests 9,300 work at Avient. When does the fiscal year end for Avient?
Avient's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Avient based?
Avient's address is: 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, OH, United States, 44012 What is Avient's ISIN number?
Avient's international securities identification number is: US05368V1061