Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AVTR in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Avantor (AVTR) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$15.29+0.04 (+0.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's news centers on Avantor's appointment of Todd Garner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective 21 September 2026, with a compensation package that includes a $700,000 annual base salary, a target annual bonus of 80% of his base salary, and a $150,000 signing bonus, alongside restricted stock units and options tied to his equity grant. Related filings note his Form 3 and the initial grant terms, including options for 138,632 common shares issued at $16.61 a share. Coverage of a Form 8-K also mentions a 4.20% increase in the stock around the announcement.
Avantor trades at $15.29, up 0.3%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $14.03 and 200-day average of $10.66, with the shorter average above the longer one, consistent with a supportive trend. The GekkoIndex reads 52.9, placing it in the Neutral zone. Fair value is estimated at $16.09, putting the current price about 5% below that mark.
Looking ahead, Avantor's next earnings report is scheduled for 4 November 2026, before the market open, which falls outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonality data going back 5 years shows the next 20 trading days averaging a 1.3% return, though gains occurred in only 1 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the upcoming earnings date.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Avantor price vs fair value
Close $15.29200-day averageGekko Fair Value $16.09
Avantor quick facts
- Market cap
- $10.34B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.85
- Revenue, TTM
- $6.56B
- Profit margin
- -8.8%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.90
- Volume
- 9.44M avg 8.97M
- 1-year return
- +29.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.1%
- 50-day average
- $14.03
- 200-day average
- $10.66
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 676.4M
Avantor swing-trade checklist
Avantor scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $15.29 is above the 50-day ($14.03) and 200-day ($10.66) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
52.9, Neutral
Reading 52.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
5.0% below
Price is 5% 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 risksupportive
Reports in 36 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+1.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.3% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
See seasonality
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Avantor stock chart and price history
Avantor closed at $15.29 on Sep 28, 2026, +29.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $7.27 to $16.05.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +4.7%
- 3 months
- +52.4%
- 6 months
- +106.3%
- 1 year
- +29.8%
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About Avantor
Avantor equips labs and production facilities with the materials, tools and expertise they need to operate day to day. Its catalog stretches from high-purity chemicals, reagents and general lab supplies to custom silicone formulations, tailored excipients, single-use assemblies, chromatography resins and columns, sample prep kits, clinical trial kits and fluid handling tips. It also sells instruments like ultra-low-temperature freezers, incubators, biological safety cabinets, evaporators, and systems for filtration and virus inactivation, giving it a footprint that runs from small consumables to larger lab hardware.
On top of these products, Avantor offers services that help customers run their own sites, including on-location lab and production support, clinical services, equipment upkeep, sourcing and procurement help, and assistance developing and scaling biopharmaceutical materials. It works with biopharmaceutical and broader healthcare organizations, schools and universities, government bodies, technology firms, and companies in applied materials. Its reach extends across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa.
The company dates back to 1904 and keeps its headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Avantor trades on the NYSE under the ticker AVTR.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Medical specialties
- Website
- avantorsciences.com
Avantor GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Avantor’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 52.9, in the Neutral zone, up 1.4 points over five sessions.
52.9Neutral
Up 1.4 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 80 | −0.9% | −2.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 241 | +0.4% | +0.3% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 324 | −0.2% | −1.0% | ||
| Distribution | 25 | −0.3% | +4.8% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AVTR share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Avantor stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Avantor trades 5.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.09, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Avantor shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$16.09
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
5.0% Undervalued
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Avantor insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Avantor, 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 AVTR were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Avantor has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $300K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
- Trailing four quarters
- $79.60M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
4of the funds Gekko tracks hold AVTR.
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Avantor earnings: next date and track record
Avantor reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (36 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 36 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.21
- Revenue estimate
- $1.64B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±13.7%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 29, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Avantor reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.69 billion, down 0.4% organically but up 0.5% reported, exceeding expectations. VWR distribution segment returned to positive organic growth at +1.7%, while Bioscience & Medtech Products declined 5.6% organically due to discrete factors. Adjusted EPS of $0.21 beat expectations, adjusted EBITDA grew 15%+ sequentially, and free cash flow of $152 million enabled $112 million in debt repayment. The company's 'Revival' strategic program is showing measurable progress.
- Guidance
- Management raised full-year 2026 organic revenue growth and adjusted EPS guidance, reflecting Q2 outperformance and higher H2 expectations. BMP segment expected to return to organic growth in H2 2026, with VWR growth accelerating. Leverage ratio target remains below 3x.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.21 est $0.19 | $1.69B est $1.61B | +11.6% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.17 est $0.16 | $1.58B est $1.54B | +3.1% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.22 est $0.21 | $1.66B est $1.64B | −18.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.22 est $0.22 | $1.62B est $1.65B | −26.7% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.24 est $0.25 | $1.68B est $1.65B | −15.9% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $0.23 est $0.23 | $1.58B est $1.61B | −19.4% |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.25 | $1.69B est $1.66B | −12.4% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $0.26 est $0.25 | $1.71B est $1.72B | −2.7% |
“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.
Avantor stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Avantor is $14.66, −4.1% from the last close, from 13 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$14.66consensus 12-month target, −4.1% from the last close
Now $15.29Avg $14.66
Low $11High $16
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 13 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | Bernstein | $15.50 | +1.4% |
| Sep 21 | William Blair | — | — |
| Sep 21 | Wells Fargo | $16 | +4.6% |
| Sep 9 | UBS | $16 | +4.6% |
| Sep 9 | Bernstein | $15.50 | +1.4% |
−1.0%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+1.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.9%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.
Avantor seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 26, Avantor averaged +1.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.6% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.4% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.3% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −7.2% | 0 of 5 |
For scale, AVTR’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.1%.
Avantor market cap and key statistics
Avantor’s market cap is $10.34B and revenue of $6.56B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $10.34B
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.85
- Gekko Fair Value
- $16.09
Trading
- Volume
- 9.44M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 8.97M
- 52-week high
- $16.05
- 52-week low
- $7.27
- Shares outstanding
- 676.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $6.56B
- Profit margin
- -8.8%
- Return on equity
- -9.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −37.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.90
- Typical daily move
- ±2.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.1%
Avantor stock news this week
Coverage of Avantor this week reads positive: 5 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- [Form 3] Avantor, Inc. Initial Statement of Beneficial OwnershipStock Titan, Sep 24
- At $16.61 a share, Avantor (AVTR) grants its CFO options that begin vesting in 2027.Stock Titan, Sep 24
- Form 8K Avantor Inc For: 21 September By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 22
- Avantor Appoints Todd Garner as New Chief Financial OfficerThe Globe and Mail, Sep 22
- Avantor Names Todd Garner CFO to Lead Global Finance Organizationcitybiz, Sep 22
- Avantor (AVTR) hires new CFO with seven-figure stock grantsStock Titan, Sep 22
Avantor peers
Avantor’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 |
|---|---|---|
| TMOThermo Fisher Scientific | Distribution | 23.7% above |
| ABTAbbott Laboratories | Accumulation | 15.0% below |
| DHRDanaher | Distribution | 10.2% above |
| ISRGIntuitive Surgical | Neutral | 17.0% above |
| MDTMedtronic | Accumulation | 24.1% below |
| SYKStryker | Accumulation | 14.1% below |
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Avantor stock FAQ
What is Avantor’s market cap?
Avantor’s market cap is $10.34B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $15.29, with 676.4M shares outstanding.
What is the Avantor stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Avantor is $14.66, −4.1% from the last close. Of the 13 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 12 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Avantor stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Avantor is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $15.29 is 5.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.09. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Avantor report earnings next?
Avantor is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.21 per share on revenue of $1.64B. Avantor beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 13.7% on average across the report.
What is Avantor’s 52-week high and low?
Avantor’s 52-week high is $16.05 and its 52-week low is $7.27; it closed at $15.29 on Sep 28, 2026, +29.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $42.48 on Dec 31, 2021.
Is Avantor stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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