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Avient Corporation (AVNT)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Avon Lake, United States | NYSE
35.61 USD +0.04 (0.112%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 10:09 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT

Avient presents a classic value trap scenario where the math looks attractive but the trend warns of caution. The stock trades at a forward P/E of roughly 10x, which appears cheap, yet the business has suffered a 21% decline in the most recent fiscal year, dragging the nine-year cumulative return down to a loss. While the dividend yield of 3% is compelling and the payout ratio of 63% suggests room for growth without immediate distress, the company lacks the explosive revenue growth or dominant moat required to justify a premium valuation in a recovery phase. The recent price action shows the stock hovering near its 200-day average, failing to break out despite analyst upgrades citing improving industry conditions. This disconnect between the optimistic analyst narrative and the deteriorating price trajectory suggests the market is still pricing in further downside risks before a true inflection point occurs. For investors, the trade-off is between a high-yield income floor and the risk of missing a deeper value realization if the turnaround takes longer than expected.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.035689
AutoETS0.035995
AutoARIMA0.035995
AutoTheta0.040445

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 0.69
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.330
Excess Kurtosis -0.98
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-17
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 79.591
Revenue per Share 35.838
Market Cap 3,265,799,168
Trailing P/E 20.70
Forward P/E 10.53
Beta 1.28
Profit Margins 4.81%
Website https://www.avient.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume at the $30 strike for September expiration, suggesting a fear of a significant drop below current levels. Conversely, call interest is concentrated at higher strikes ($40-$45), indicating a speculative hope for a rebound to previous highs, though overall call volume remains thin compared to the defensive put flow.


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 3.09
exDividendDate 2026-06-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.09
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.030643802
lastDividendValue 0.275
lastDividendDate 2026-06-18
dividendDate 2026-07-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.07657385
Address1 33,587 Walker Road
All Time High 61.46
All Time Low 1.32
Ask 36.35
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 975,960
Average Daily Volume3 Month 828,404
Average Volume 828,404
Average Volume10Days 975,960
Beta 1.284
Bid 35.82
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 4
Book Value 26.233
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 35.61
Current Ratio 1.773
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 36.41
Day Low 35.57
Debt To Equity 79.591
Display Name Avient
Dividend Date 1,784,073,600
Dividend Rate 1.1
Dividend Yield 3.09
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Ebitda 568,200,000
Ebitda Margins 0.17318001
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.397
Enterprise To Revenue 1.454
Enterprise Value 4,771,230,720
Eps Current Year 3.07449
Eps Forward 3.3827
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.72
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
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 35.957
Fifty Day Average Change -0.34700012
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.009650419
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.657385
Fifty Two Week High 44.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.239998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.20602003
Fifty Two Week Low 27.48
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.130001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29585156
Fifty Two Week Range 27.48 - 44.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 937,229,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.47
Float Shares 91,068,196
Forward Eps 3.3827
Forward P E 10.527094
Free Cashflow 353,775,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 9,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.32508
Gross Profits 1,066,600,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0085
Held Percent Institutions 1.05814
Implied Shares Outstanding 91,710,167
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 3,265,799,168
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_203002
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 157,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,262,130,640
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 36.15
Operating Cashflow 318,200,000
Operating Margins 0.11765
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.6329
Peg Ratio 1.22
Phone 440 930 1000
Previous Close 35.57
Price Eps Current Year 11.582409
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.3574506
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.99536705
Profit Margins 0.0481
Quick Ratio 1.172
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.57143
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.040000916
Regular Market Change Percent 0.11245689
Regular Market Day High 36.41
Regular Market Day Low 35.57
Regular Market Day Range 35.57 - 36.41
Regular Market Open 36.15
Regular Market Previous Close 35.57
Regular Market Price 35.61
Regular Market Time 1,784,038,143
Regular Market Volume 11,385
Return On Assets 0.040370002
Return On Equity 0.06732
Revenue Growth 0.025
Revenue Per Share 35.838
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 91,710,167
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0444
Shares Short 4,074,026
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,806,317
Short Name Avient Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0587
Short Ratio 4.03
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol AVNT
Target High Price 52.0
Target Low Price 42.0
Target Mean Price 47.14286
Target Median Price 47.0
Total Cash 427,600,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.663
Total Debt 1,924,499,968
Total Revenue 3,280,999,936
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.09
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.030643802
Trailing Eps 1.72
Trailing P E 20.70349
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.224
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 34.7331
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.8768997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.025246803
Type Disp Equity
Volume 11,385
Website https://www.avient.com
Zip 44,012