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

Avient Co. (NYSE:AVNT) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Avient in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison expects 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 announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49. Avient had a net margin of 5.23% and a return on equity of 10.44%.

AVNT has been the subject of several other research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Avient from $45.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Avient from $59.00 to $55.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $54.00.

Avient Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AVNT opened at $44.21 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a current ratio of 1.88. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.34. Avient has a fifty-two week low of $37.63 and a fifty-two week high of $54.68.

Avient Announces Dividend

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Avient

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AVNT. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Avient by 56.2% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 695 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC boosted its holdings in Avient by 58.7% in the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 865 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 320 shares during the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Avient by 44.9% in the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 310 shares during the last quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Avient in the third quarter worth approximately $60,000. Finally, Covestor Ltd boosted its holdings in Avient by 185.5% in the third quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,459 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,000 after purchasing an additional 948 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.48% of the company’s stock.

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.