Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Avient’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:AVNT)

Avient Co. (NYSE:AVNT) – Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Avient in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.88 for the quarter. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.84 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.81 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 5.23% and a return on equity of 10.44%.

AVNT has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Avient from $59.00 to $55.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Avient has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $54.00.

Avient Stock Up 2.8 %

AVNT opened at $44.21 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a current ratio of 1.88. Avient has a fifty-two week low of $37.63 and a fifty-two week high of $54.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $42.24 and its 200 day moving average is $46.34. The stock has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.51.

Avient Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.44%. Avient’s dividend payout ratio is currently 59.02%.

Institutional Trading of Avient

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP increased its holdings in Avient by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 1,522,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,620,000 after acquiring an additional 63,138 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of Avient by 288.0% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 26,138 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,315,000 after buying an additional 19,401 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Avient by 22.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 608,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,626,000 after buying an additional 111,489 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Avient by 48.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 30,868 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,553,000 after buying an additional 10,088 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in shares of Avient by 58.7% in the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 865 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 320 shares during the last quarter. 95.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.