Avient Corporation

AVNT Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Avient Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.3 billion, up 0.61% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.5%
EPS
+31.8%
Free cash flow
+101.7%
Total debt
−7.34%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.65 2.21 −4.62%
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
23.1×
Fwd P/E
17.6×
Dividend yield
2.41%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.67
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
36/100

Avient Corporation (AVNT) Return on equity

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Avient Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.0%, up 11.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.47%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.71% (fiscal 2017) to 73.9% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 3.47% (3.79)
FY2024 7.26% 4.03
FY2023 3.23% (30.71)
FY2022 33.9% 20.76
FY2021 13.2% 3.66
FY2020 9.52% (64.36)
FY2019 73.9% 45.84
FY2018 28.0% 36.75
FY2017 −8.71% (31.80)
FY2016 23.1% 3.58

Against its own ten years

Low −8.71% High 73.9%
Ten-year median 13.2%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 30.4%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 16.0%
AVNT Avient Corporation 15.0%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 13.7%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 13.0%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 12.7%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 12.2%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 4.55%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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