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Avient Corporation (AVNT)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Avon Lake, United States | NYSE
44.67 USD +0.41 (0.926%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 44.67
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:30 a.m. EDT

The immediate catalyst here is the earnings beat and the subsequent surge to a new one-year high, creating a distinct short-term bullish bias despite the statistical model showing low confidence in the next 45 days. The company is trading at a forward P/E of roughly 12.8x, implying the market expects significant earnings acceleration to justify the multiple, yet the balance sheet remains leveraged with nearly $1.9 billion in debt against $425 million in cash. While the dividend yield of 2.5% is attractive and the payout ratio of 59% suggests sustainability, it is not a high-enough yield to offset the risks of a capital-intensive specialty chemicals business. The long-term rating is capped at 3 stars because the multi-year price trajectory shows a recent annual decline (-19.71%), indicating the market has not yet fully priced in the recovery story. Investors should view this as a momentum play on earnings recovery rather than a deep-value compounder, watching closely whether the stock can sustain the rally above its 52-week high.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.070327
AutoARIMA0.070329
MSTL0.075260
AutoTheta0.080934

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 3.39
Ljung-Box p 0.023
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 7.20
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 76.563
Revenue per Share 36.37
Market Cap 4,097,112,320
Trailing P/E 23.89
Forward P/E 12.78
Beta 1.28
Profit Margins 5.10%
Website https://www.avient.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in September and December calls at the $50 strike, which represents a significant premium to current prices. Conversely, put activity is concentrated at lower strikes ($30-$40), suggesting a floor rather than a bearish breakout. The imbalance in open interest (OI) versus volume (Vol) indicates that traders are buying protection and leverage at these levels rather than selling them, pointing to a speculative bias toward upside momentum.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.73% 3.17% 2.77% 2.58%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-18 0.275 0.730218
2026-03-17 0.275 0.806688
2025-12-12 0.275 0.888243
2025-09-12 0.270 0.745856
2025-06-20 0.270 0.807416
2025-03-18 0.270 0.671809
2024-12-13 0.270 0.568182
2024-09-13 0.258 0.547538
2024-06-21 0.258 0.588638
2024-03-18 0.258 0.640994
2023-12-14 0.258 0.655488
2023-09-14 0.248 0.652117
2023-06-15 0.248 0.616149
2023-03-13 0.248 0.642487
2022-12-15 0.248 0.743628
2022-09-15 0.238 0.625657
2022-06-16 0.238 0.590717
2022-03-14 0.238 0.491532
2021-12-16 0.238 0.450161
2021-09-16 0.213 0.453481
2021-06-17 0.213 0.438542
2021-03-15 0.213 0.426683
2020-12-17 0.213 0.530643
2020-09-17 0.203 0.730742
2020-06-11 0.203 0.813627
2020-03-16 0.203 1.328534
2019-12-12 0.203 0.637763
2019-09-12 0.195 0.566860
2019-06-13 0.195 0.661241
2019-03-14 0.195 0.646123
2018-12-13 0.195 0.661241
2018-09-13 0.175 0.407735
2018-06-14 0.175 0.406221
2018-03-19 0.175 0.407451
2017-12-14 0.175 0.402669
2017-09-14 0.135 0.363490
2017-06-14 0.135 0.357143
2017-03-10 0.135 0.405162
2016-12-14 0.135 0.406382
2016-09-14 0.120 0.380590
2016-06-15 0.120 0.322667
2016-03-11 0.120 0.407332
2015-12-16 0.120 0.372902
2015-09-10 0.100 0.316056
2015-06-10 0.100 0.255297
2015-03-12 0.100 0.254972
2014-12-11 0.100 0.279408
2014-09-10 0.080 0.211696
2014-06-11 0.080 0.193283
2014-03-12 0.080 0.216041
2013-12-13 0.080 0.233577
2013-09-11 0.060 0.210674
2013-06-11 0.060 0.236500
2013-03-01 0.060 0.266075
2012-12-10 0.050 0.241080
2012-09-11 0.050 0.310559
2012-06-12 0.050 0.377929
2012-03-12 0.050 0.370645
2011-12-22 0.040 0.347222
2011-09-13 0.040 0.342466
2011-06-14 0.040 0.274914
2011-03-10 0.040 0.308642
2002-11-27 0.063 0.777778
2002-08-28 0.063 0.728324
2002-05-29 0.063 0.514286
2002-02-27 0.063 0.617647
2001-11-28 0.063 0.711864
2001-08-28 0.063 0.616438
2001-05-30 0.063 0.724138
2001-02-27 0.063 0.707865
2000-11-29 0.063 1.120000
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.1
dividendYield 2.49
exDividendDate 2026-09-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.095
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.024740173
lastDividendValue 0.275
lastDividendDate 2026-06-18
dividendDate 2026-10-07

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2194922
Address1 33,587 Walker Road
All Time High 61.46
All Time Low 1.32
Ask 50.0
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 5
Average Daily Volume10 Day 713,850
Average Daily Volume3 Month 899,214
Average Volume 899,214
Average Volume10Days 713,850
Beta 1.28
Bid 41.0
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 4
Book Value 26.569
City Avon Lake
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 44.67
Current Ratio 1.9
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 45.09
Day Low 44.195
Debt To Equity 76.563
Display Name Avient
Dividend Date 1,791,331,200
Dividend Rate 1.1
Dividend Yield 2.49
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,017,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,017,600
Earnings Growth 0.228
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.232
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,227,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,227,400
Ebitda 586,800,000
Ebitda Margins 0.17614001
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.476
Enterprise To Revenue 1.669
Enterprise Value 5,560,412,160
Eps Current Year 3.19982
Eps Forward 3.49501
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.87
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,084,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 440 930 3064
Fifty Day Average 39.5894
Fifty Day Average Change 5.080597
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.12833224
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 21.949219
Fifty Two Week High 46.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.9700012
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.042238448
Fifty Two Week Low 27.48
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.189999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6255458
Fifty Two Week Range 27.48 - 46.64
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 937,229,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.47
Float Shares 91,074,762
Forward Eps 3.49501
Forward P E 12.781079
Free Cashflow 263,787,504
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 9,000
Fullday Change 0.41
Fullday Change Percent 0.926344
Fullday Price 44.67
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.32994
Gross Profits 1,099,200,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00851
Held Percent Institutions 1.08178
Implied Shares Outstanding 91,719,550
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Ir Website http://www.polyone.com/en-us/investors/Pages/default.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Last Dividend Value 0.275
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. The company 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. The company products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020. Avient Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.
Long Name Avient Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,097,112,320
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_203002
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 170,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,059,507,283
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 44.76
Operating Cashflow 299,200,000
Operating Margins 0.1277
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.5912
Peg Ratio 1.22
Phone 440 930 1000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 44.67
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 44.26
Price Eps Current Year 13.960159
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.6812826
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.2298101
Profit Margins 0.051030003
Quick Ratio 1.213
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.41
Regular Market Change Percent 0.926344
Regular Market Day High 45.09
Regular Market Day Low 44.195
Regular Market Day Range 44.195 - 45.09
Regular Market Open 44.76
Regular Market Previous Close 44.26
Regular Market Price 44.67
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 696,084
Return On Assets 0.04079
Return On Equity 0.071100004
Revenue Growth 0.058
Revenue Per Share 36.37
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 91,719,550
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0428
Shares Short 3,928,808
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 4,247,923
Short Name Avient Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.056599997
Short Ratio 4.62
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol AVNT
Target High Price 56.0
Target Low Price 46.0
Target Mean Price 50.85714
Target Median Price 50.0
Total Cash 425,600,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.64
Total Debt 1,875,800,064
Total Revenue 3,331,500,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.095
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.024740173
Trailing Eps 1.87
Trailing P E 23.8877
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.224
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 36.2639
Two Hundred Day Average Change 8.406097
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.23180345
Type Disp Equity
Volume 696,084
Website https://www.avient.com
Zip 44,012