Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AVNT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Avient (AVNT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$38.96+1.17 (+3.1%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeAvient moves this week on a leadership change, with Mike Frank named president and CEO effective 9 October, succeeding Dr. Ashish K. Khandpur, who shifts to an advisory role. Alongside the transition, coverage points to prior results that exceeded revenue expectations with adjusted EPS growth and raised 2026 guidance, and the stock also receives an upgrade to Buy along with mentions as a dividend and value pick. Shares rise 3.1% on 12 October to $38.96.
At $38.96, the stock sits between its 50-day average of $42.27 and 200-day average of $37.93, with a one-month return of -5.9% against a three-month gain of 8.8% and a one-year gain of 23.2%. The GekkoIndex reads 72.5, placing Avient in the Buying zone. Gekko Fair Value stands at $61.21, putting price 36.4% below that level.
Earnings are scheduled for 4 November, 22 days out and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw a $0.56 actual versus $0.55 estimate with a 0.7% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters, with an average absolute reaction of 3.9%. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows a mean 20-day return of 3.5% from this point, rising in 2 of those years. Analyst consensus across 7 firms includes 4 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $50.86.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Avient price vs fair value
Close $38.96200-day averageGekko Fair Value $61.21
Avient quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.57B
- P/E ratio
- 22.2
- Forward P/E
- 11.7
- EPS, TTM
- $1.85
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.33B
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Dividend yield
- 2.67%
- Beta
- 1.30
- Volume
- 1.60M avg 809,995
- 1-year return
- +23.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.4%
- 50-day average
- $42.27
- 200-day average
- $37.93
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 91.72M
Avient swing-trade checklist
Avient scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $38.96 sits between the 50-day ($42.27) and 200-day ($37.93) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
72.5, Buying
Reading 72.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
36.4% below
Price is 36.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+3.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.5% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Avient stock chart and price history
Avient closed at $38.96 on Oct 12, 2026, +23.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $27.48 to $46.64.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.9%
- 3 months
- +8.8%
- 6 months
- +3.1%
- 1 year
- +23.2%
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About Avient
Avient develops customized materials for manufacturers, offering colorants, additives, specialty inks and engineered polymer formulations used in products ranging from medical devices and food packaging to vehicles, construction goods, athletic gear and wire and cable systems. It also supplies long glass and carbon fiber technologies for composite applications, and distributes a broad catalog of engineering and commodity resins to injection molders and extruders.
The business runs through three segments: Color, Additives and Inks; Specialty Engineered Materials; and Distribution, the last of which handles roughly 4,000 resin grades for custom processors. Avient reaches customers through a combination of direct sales staff, distributor partnerships and independent sales agents, and it operates across markets in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. The company was previously known as PolyOne Corporation before adopting its current name in June 2020.
Founded in 1885 and headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, Avient trades on the NYSE under the ticker AVNT.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Website
- avient.com
Avient GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Avient’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72.5, in the Buying zone, up 12.7 points over five sessions.
72.5Buying
Up 12.7 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 42 | +0.8% | +8.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 208 | +0.3% | +1.6% | ||
| Neutral | 407 | +0.1% | −0.3% | ||
| Distribution | 23 | +0.3% | +1.6% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AVNT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is Avient stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Avient trades 36.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $61.21, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Avient shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$61.21
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
36.4% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 31.8% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Avient insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Avient, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in AVNT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Avient has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
- $4.10M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.11%
From company filings.
Avient earnings: next date and track record
Avient reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.80
- Revenue estimate
- $857.0M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.9%average move across the report
7 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.56 est $0.55 | — | +0.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.70 est $0.70 | — | +0.6% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.80 est $0.78 | $866.5M est $818.1M | +7.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.76 est $0.75 | $826.6M est $862.2M | +6.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.49 est $0.48 | $746.5M est $829.0M | +3.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.65 est $0.63 | $815.2M est $755.9M | −4.9% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | $0.76 est $0.72 | $849.7M est $841.4M | +6.3% |
| May 7, 2024 | $0.76 est $0.69 | $829.0M est $841.4M | +1.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Avient stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Avient is $50.86, +30.5% from the last close, from 7 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$50.86consensus 12-month target, +30.5% from the last close
Now $38.96Avg $50.86
Low $44High $54
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 7 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12 | Morgan Stanley | $52 | +33.5% |
| Oct 12 | Barclays | $44 | +12.9% |
| Aug 10 | Deutsche Bank | $50 | +28.3% |
| Aug 7 | Seaport Global | $54 | +38.6% |
| Aug 7 | Robert W. Baird | $46 | +18.1% |
+8.1%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+3.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Avient seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Avient averaged +3.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.6% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +5.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.5% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, AVNT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.4%.
Avient market cap and key statistics
Avient’s market cap is $3.57B, with a P/E ratio of 22.2 and revenue of $3.33B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.57B
- P/E ratio
- 22.2
- Forward P/E
- 11.7
- EPS, TTM
- $1.85
- Gekko Fair Value
- $61.21
Trading
- Volume
- 1.60M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 809,995
- 52-week high
- $46.64
- 52-week low
- $27.48
- Shares outstanding
- 91.72M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.33B
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Return on equity
- 7.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +22.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.30
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.4%
- Dividend yield
- 2.67%
Avient stock news this week
Coverage of Avient this week reads positive: 15 positive, 4 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- A Look at Avient Corp (AVNT) After 3.1% Gain -- GF Value $38.83 vs Price $38.96GuruFocus, Oct 12
- Avient Appoints Mike Frank President And CEOCanadian Plastics, Oct 12
- Avient (AVNT) Upgraded to Buy: Here's WhyZacks Investment Research, Oct 12
- Why Avient (AVNT) is a Great Dividend Stock Right NowZacks Investment Research, Oct 12
- Avient Corporation: Strong Q2 Results Meet Abrupt CEO Change (NYSE:AVNT)Seeking Alpha, Oct 12
- Why Avient (AVNT) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-TermZacks Investment Research, Oct 12
Avient peers
Avient’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| DDDuPont de Nemours | Accumulation | 5.8% above |
| SOLSSolstice Advanced Materials | Neutral | 44.8% below |
| ESIElement Solutions | Neutral | 10.1% above |
| PRMPerimeter Solutions | Accumulation | 24.0% below |
| NGVTIngevity | Accumulation | 12.1% below |
| IOSPInnospec | Neutral | 1.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Avient stock FAQ
What is Avient’s market cap?
Avient’s market cap is $3.57B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $38.96, with 91.72M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 22.2.
What is the Avient stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Avient is $50.86, +30.5% from the last close. Of the 7 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Avient stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Avient is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $38.96 is 36.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $61.21. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Avient report earnings next?
Avient is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.80 per share on revenue of $857.0M. Avient beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.9% on average across the report.
What is Avient’s 52-week high and low?
Avient’s 52-week high is $46.64 and its 52-week low is $27.48; it closed at $38.96 on Oct 12, 2026, +23.2% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $61.46 on Nov 18, 2021.
Is Avient stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and fair value), 2 as mixed (trend and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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