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

Avient Corporation (NYSE:AVNT) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Avient in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison anticipates that the company will post earnings of $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.

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

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

Avient Stock Down 1.6%

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Avient by 24.6% in the 1st quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 97,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,618,000 after acquiring an additional 19,223 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in Avient by 1.7% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 969,159 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,014,000 after purchasing an additional 15,737 shares during the last quarter. Strs Ohio purchased a new position in Avient in the first quarter valued at about $7,804,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in Avient in the first quarter worth about $230,000. Finally, Swedbank AB purchased a new stake in shares of Avient during the first quarter valued at about $37,160,000. Institutional investors own 95.48% of the company’s stock.

Avient Increases Dividend

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

About Avient

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.