profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Avient
$46.35+1.94% today
+56.1% in 1 year
1-year low $27.481-year high $47.86
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $51.92 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Avient sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.40 billion in 2022 to $3.26 billion in 2025, with $81.9 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Avient handed back 51% of the cash it generated last year.
$99M
Free cash flow 2025$195M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$99M
Cash vs. debt$511M vs. $2.0B
Avient vs. similar companies
Avient grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avient | 51.9× · Expensive | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.6× · Fair price | ||
 International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Avient's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,215 | 3,316 | 3,397 | 3,143 | 3,240 | 3,260 | |
| 660 | 944 | 883 | 893 | 1,057 | 1,016 | |
| 112 | 280 | 243 | 197 | 329 | 204 | |
| 223 | 424 | 347 | 391 | 510 | 396 | |
| 132 | 231 | 703 | 76 | 170 | 82 | |
| 1.45 | 2.51 | 7.63 | 0.83 | 1.84 | 0.89 | |
| 29.8% | 28.5% | 26.0% | 28.4% | 32.6% | 31.2% | |
| 5.0% | 8.4% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 10.2% | 6.2% | |
| 5.9% | 7.0% | 20.7% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 2.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,871 | 4,997 | 6,085 | 5,969 | 5,811 | 6,026 |
| Cash | 650 | 601 | 641 | 546 | 545 | 511 |
| Total debt | 1,929 | 1,896 | 2,237 | 2,140 | 2,149 | 2,000 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 3,732 | 3,631 | 3,482 | 3,639 |
| 1,697 | 1,775 | 2,335 | 2,319 | 2,314 | 2,374 | |
| 91 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | |
| 2.4% | 6.0% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 5.8% | 3.8% | |
| 7.8% | 13.0% | 30.1% | 3.3% | 7.3% | 3.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 234 | 398 | 202 | 257 | 302 | |
| 64 | 101 | 106 | 119 | 122 | 107 | |
| 158 | 133 | 293 | 82 | 135 | 195 | |
| Dividends paid | 71 | 78 | 87 | 90 | 94 | 99 |
| 22 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
Valuation
- 51.9×
- 15.2×
- –
- 1.4×
- 1.3×
- 21.8×
- 14.5×
- 4.6%
- 1.9%
- 3.1%
Profitability
- 31.2%
- 6.2%
- 2.5%
- 16.2%
- 4.5%
- 3.4%
- 6.6%
- 2.7%
- 6.0%
- –
Growth
- +8.0%
- −9.3%
- +44.6%
- +5.8%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 2.8×
- 0.80
- 32.4%
- 4.5×
- 1.77
- 1.29
- 0.55
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 37%of 988
Bottom 31%of 948
Bottom 15%of 768
Top 36%of 927
Top 34%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $48.40
- Range
- $41.00 – $56.00
- 5 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.83 | 0.81 | +2.5% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 0.56 | 0.55 | +1.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.70 | 0.69 | +1.4% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 0.80 | 0.78 | +2.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | 0.76 | 0.75 | +1.3% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 0.49 | 0.49 | +0.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.65 | 0.63 | +3.2% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 0.76 | 0.72 | +5.6% |
3.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$31a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.8%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.42 in 2015 → $1.09 in 2025
How safe it looks
120.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
51No pass
Philip Fisher
22No pass
Peter Lynch
23No pass
Joel Greenblatt
7No pass
Charlie Munger
20No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Avient
Is Avient a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Avient AI analysis
What does Avient do?
Avient Corporation provides specialized formulator, services, and sustainable material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates through three segments: Color, Additives and Inks; Specialty Engineered Materials; and Distribution. It is in Chemicals - Specialty, based in Avon Lake, OH, United States, with 9,000 employees.
Does Avient pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.1% a year, about 121% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $98.8 million in dividends.
Is Avient stock halal?
No. Avient does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 47% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Avient stock done over the past year?
Up 56.1% over the past twelve months, to $46.35. It traded between $27.48 and $47.86 and is 3.2% below its high.
Who are Avient's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, International Flavors & Fragrances, DuPont de Nemours and LyondellBasell Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Avient's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.