What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for Avient Q3 Earnings?

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Avient in a note issued to investors on Friday, October 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.71. The consensus estimate for Avient’s current full-year earnings is $2.85 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Avient’s FY2025 earnings at $2.81 EPS.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) last posted its earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.02. Avient had a return on equity of 10.57% and a net margin of 3.65%.The business had revenue of $866.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $852.98 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.76 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Avient has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.700-0.700 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.770-2.870 EPS.

AVNT has been the subject of several other research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Avient in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Avient from $43.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, KeyCorp began coverage on Avient in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $48.00 price objective for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $43.60.

Avient Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of NYSE AVNT opened at $31.96 on Monday. Avient has a 12 month low of $27.86 and a 12 month high of $54.68. The company has a current ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.97, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.41. The business has a 50-day moving average of $34.72 and a 200-day moving average of $34.35.

Institutional Trading of Avient

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AVNT. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Avient in the 1st quarter worth approximately $50,471,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Avient in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $36,767,000. Swedbank AB bought a new stake in Avient in the 1st quarter worth approximately $37,160,000. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in Avient by 100.4% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,125,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,839,000 after buying an additional 564,099 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in Avient by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,348,157 shares of the company’s stock worth $161,576,000 after buying an additional 279,064 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.48% of the company’s stock.

Avient Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 7th. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th will be given a $0.275 dividend. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 12th. This is a positive change from Avient’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. Avient’s dividend payout ratio is presently 84.38%.

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.