What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for Avient Q1 Earnings?

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Avient in a research report issued on Wednesday, November 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison anticipates that the company will earn $0.84 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS.

AVNT has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Avient from $43.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th. Zacks Research lowered Avient from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. KeyCorp assumed coverage on Avient in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $48.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Avient in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $37.00 price objective on shares of Avient in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $42.50.

Avient Stock Performance

Shares of Avient stock opened at $29.70 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $33.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $34.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.20, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 2.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Avient has a 52 week low of $27.86 and a 52 week high of $53.61.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.01. Avient had a return on equity of 10.57% and a net margin of 3.65%.The business had revenue of $806.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $823.57 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.65 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. Avient has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.770-2.870 EPS.

Avient Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 12th will be given a $0.275 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 12th. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%. This is a boost from Avient’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. Avient’s payout ratio is currently 89.43%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Avient

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AVNT. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of Avient in the 1st quarter valued at about $50,471,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Avient during the second quarter worth approximately $36,767,000. Swedbank AB acquired a new stake in Avient in the first quarter valued at approximately $37,160,000. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in shares of Avient by 100.4% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,125,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,839,000 after buying an additional 564,099 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its position in shares of Avient by 27.8% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 1,729,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,001,000 after buying an additional 376,667 shares in the last quarter. 95.48% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.