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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.83%, EPS grew 24.6%, free cash flow fell 16.7% and total debt fell 7.16%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

38.98 0.02 −0.05%
Market cap
$3.6B
P/E
21.0×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
2.82%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.67
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
36/100

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Insider Ownership 0.92%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,580.00
Revenue 3,331.50
Net Income 171.50
Free Cash Flow 190.80
Net Debt 1,450.20
Current Ratio 1.90 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.77
P/E ratio 20.96
Fwd P/E 14.00
P/S ratio 1.07
P/B ratio 1.46
Past 5Y EPS Growth (9.30%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 13.48%
Next Y EPS Growth 10.91%
Next Y revenue growth (26.60%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.10%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 64.49%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 50.50%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 17.91%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 48.51%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 41.98%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.59
Annual Dividend Rate 1.10
Annual Dividend Yield 2.82%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.83
0.28
0.28
0.28
2025 0.79
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.28
2024 1.04
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.27
2023 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.26
2022 0.96
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.25
2021 0.88
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.24
2020 0.82
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.21
2019 0.79
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2018 0.72
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.20
2017 0.58
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.18
2016 0.50
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.14
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 546 545 511 426
Receivables 400 400 435 554
Inventory 347 347 367 443
Other 115 131 88 111
1,408 1,422 1,401 1,533
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 432 417 410 475
ST’ Debt 10 8 1 1
Other — — — —
774 756 846 807

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.08% 8.04% (1.36%)
Cash Flow 2.30% 6.36% (8.86%)
Earnings (5.53%) (9.05%) (51.16%)
Book Value 12.96% 6.87% 0.47%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 847 917 — — —
’25 827 867 807 761 3,260
’24 829 850 815 747 3,240
’23 846 824 754 719 3,143
’22 892 891 823 790 3,397
’21 1,162 1,235 818 100 3,316
’20 712 609 925 (30) 2,215
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (34) 94 — — —
’25 (51) 113 72 168 302
’24 (43) 106 71 123 257
’23 (22) (2) 72 155 202
’22 19 88 117 175 398
’21 4 65 42 124 234
’20 (13) 89 (7) 153 222
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (53) 72 — — —
’25 (64) 86 47 125 195
’24 (65) 73 50 78 135
’23 (42) (28) 43 110 82
’22 6 67 96 124 293
’21 (13) 39 21 86 133
’20 (24) 79 (25) 128 158
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.61 0.70 — — —
’25 (0.22) 0.57 0.36 0.18 0.89
’24 0.54 0.36 0.41 0.52 1.84
’23 0.22 0.24 0.06 0.31 0.83
’22 0.91 0.92 (0.11) 5.98 7.63
’21 0.86 0.74 0.57 0.32 2.51
’20 0.38 0.25 0.02 0.81 1.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 22.35 31.68 26.16 24.47 8.69 36.69 27.65 27.73 35.50 27.48

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 38.41 46.79 47.48 37.33 40.96 61.46 58.60 44.74 54.68 44.78
People
People Employees 7,000 6,300 6,600 5,600 8,400 8,700 9,700 9,300 9,200 9,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.51 0.26 0.38 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.36
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,939 2,590 2,881 2,863 2,215 3,316 3,397 3,143 3,240 3,260
Gross margin, % 23.02 23.02 21.69 22.96 29.80 28.47 25.99 28.40 32.61 31.15
EBT 227 112 102 109 61 204 64 87 225 112
EBT margin, % 7.71 4.32 3.53 3.82 2.76 6.14 1.88 2.78 6.94 3.43
Net income 165 (58) 160 589 133 231 703 76 171 84
Depreciation 106 98 92 88 126 147 198 189 180 186
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 35.03 31.78 36.15 37.08 24.58 36.27 37.25 34.50 35.49 35.63
Earnings 1.97 (0.71) 2.01 7.62 1.46 2.53 7.71 0.83 1.86 0.90
Cash flow 2.71 2.48 3.18 3.90 2.46 2.56 4.37 2.21 2.81 3.30
Capex (1.00) (0.98) (0.90) (1.06) (0.71) (1.10) (1.16) (1.31) (1.34) (1.16)
Free cash flow 1.71 1.51 2.28 2.84 1.75 1.46 3.21 0.90 1.48 2.13
Book value 8.65 7.35 6.78 13.64 19.00 19.59 25.80 25.66 25.52 26.08
Shares, m 84 82 80 77 90 91 91 91 91 92
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.55 0.00 14.30 4.82 27.59 22.11 4.40 49.54 21.97 35.10
P/S 0.93 1.39 0.79 0.99 1.64 1.54 0.91 1.19 1.15 0.88
P/B 3.75 6.00 4.22 2.70 2.12 2.86 1.32 1.60 1.60 1.20
EV/Sales 1.28 1.80 1.20 1.12 2.19 1.92 1.36 1.68 1.62 1.31
EV/FCF 26.17 37.96 19.03 14.63 30.73 47.83 15.83 64.24 38.94 21.90
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 228 202 254 301 222 234 398 202 257 302
Capex (84) (80) (72) (82) (64) (101) (105) (119) (122) (107)
Free cash flow 143 123 182 219 158 133 293 82 135 195
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 440 496 441 811 801 886 700 634 666 555
Total debt 1,258 1,309 1,356 1,229 1,873 1,859 2,179 2,080 2,067 1,923
Net debt 1,032 1,065 1,185 365 1,223 1,258 1,538 1,534 1,523 1,413
Shareholders’ equity 726 599 541 1,053 1,712 1,791 2,353 2,338 2,330 2,386
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.20 (2.12) 5.89 19.63 3.23 4.68 12.69 1.26 2.88 1.38
ROIC 9.52 6.50 6.47 6.91 2.38 5.73 3.91 3.18 5.34 3.35
ROE 23.09 (8.71) 28.04 73.88 9.52 13.18 33.94 3.23 7.26 3.47
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Avient Corporation vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CLMT Calumet, Inc. $5.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +40.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +450.65% (above 0%: growing) 1.27% (2.77%) Compare
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA $4.5B — (loss-making) 14.0× +31.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +56.62% (above 0%: growing) 55.13% (94.95%) Compare
CBT Cabot Corporation $3.9B 20.9× 8.6× +6.39% (above 0%: growing) −93.58% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.74% 9.98% Compare
AVNT Avient Corporation $3.6B 21.0× 14.0× +5.83% (above 0%: growing) +24.56% (above 0%: growing) −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.54% 12.26%
ASH Ashland Inc. $3.3B 62.4× 24.9× +7.34% (above 0%: growing) n/m +5.26% (above 0%: growing) 34.21% 8.65% Compare
FUL H. B. Fuller Company $2.8B 14.1× 16.8× +5.17% (above 0%: growing) +18.19% (above 0%: growing) −58.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.22% 12.07% Compare
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. $2.8B 33.8× 36.3× +7.64% (above 0%: growing) −3.55% (below 0%: shrinking) +30.29% (above 0%: growing) 23.44% 12.25% Compare
KWR Quaker Houghton $2.7B 27.9× 25.2× +10.17% (above 0%: growing) n/m −43.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.53% 7.62% Compare
WDFC WD-40 Company $2.7B 30.3× 34.0× +24.35% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) −13.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.59% 20.67% Compare
Median of peers $3.0B 29.1× 24.9× +8.90% +7.32% −4.01% 33.72% 9.32%

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Avient Corporation (AVNT) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $83.6 million, or $0.90 per share (basic), a net margin of 2.51%.
  • Strength: Avient Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.3 billion, up 0.61% from fiscal 2024.
  • Avient Corporation (AVNT) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, AVNT traded at $38.98, a market capitalization of $3.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 21.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 64% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Avient Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share, a yield of 2.82%, with a payout ratio of 59.5%.
  • Return on equity was 3.47% and debt-to-equity 0.77.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.67 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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