AVNTBasic Materials · Specialty ChemicalsThe 8 Wall Street analysts covering Avient Corp. hold a median 12-month price target of $53 — +18.8% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 96 of 100 as at 13 Nov 2026 — among the strongest tenth. Here, the model and the Street point the same way.
Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores Avient Corp. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.
Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested
Revisions (97): Analysts have, on balance, been raising their forecasts.
Volatility (47): The share price moves around a lot.
Size (26): Larger than most of the companies we track — more scrutinised, less often mispriced.
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The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on AVNT, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.
Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
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The green dot is the last close — the median target sits +18.8% from it.
Of the 20 most recent actions, 5 moved their price target up and 0 moved it down.
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | $48 → $55 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Barclays | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $44 → $50 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $50 → $56 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Barclays | Initiates | Equal-Weight | — |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Barclays | Initiates | Equal-Weight | $44 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | — |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Buy | $44 → $50 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | — |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | $47 → $48 |
| 8 June 2026 | Truist Securities | Initiates | Buy | — |
| 8 June 2026 | Truist Securities | Initiates | Buy | $44 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Keybanc | Downgrade | Sector Weight | — |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Keybanc | Maintains | Overweight | — |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | — |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Oppenheimer | Maintains | Outperform | — |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Keybanc | Maintains | Overweight | — |
| 17 Sept 2025 | Keybanc | Initiates | Overweight | — |
| 4 Aug 2025 | Baird | Maintains | Neutral | — |
| 12 May 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Equal-Weight | — |
| 7 May 2025 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Overweight | — |
Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
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Both lines are total return — dividends reinvested — so the comparison is honest on both sides.
Over the twelve months to 13 Nov 2026, Avient Corp. returned +52.6% against +13.4% for the S&P 500, dividends included.
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Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.
A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.
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Cheaper than 63% of US stocks
Cheaper than 48% of US stocks
Cheaper than 40% of US stocks
Higher than 55% of US stocks
Higher than 67% of US stocks
Higher than 40% of US stocks
Higher than 69% of US stocks
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Higher than 57% of US stocks
Higher than 73% of US stocks
Higher than 82% of US dividend payers
Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.
The headline figures, each with its date. Every row carries its own link — cite it straight from here.
Avient Corp. has a market value of $4.2B and an enterprise value of $5.6B.
Revenue in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $3.3B. The latest quarter grew 10.5% year on year.
Net income over the same four quarters: $171.5M, a 5.1% net margin.
Diluted earnings per share, trailing twelve months: $1.85.
Free cash flow in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $190.8M, after $108.4M of capital spending.
Avient Corp. spent $99.8M on dividends in the twelve months to 30 June 2026.
Trailing P/E: 23.3×; forward P/E: 12.5× — the forward figure prices analyst consensus estimates, not reported earnings.
Forward dividend yield: 2.43%, paying out 56% of earnings.
Avient Corp. employs 9,000 people — $370K of revenue per employee.
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Zacks Investment Research explains that its Style Scores help investors identify stocks rated highly for a particular investing style. The article presents Avient as a strong value stock.
Why it matters — AVNT watchers may be interested in the article’s value-oriented framing and the Zacks scoring approach behind it.
A Zacks Investment Research headline describes Avient (AVNT) as a top momentum stock for the long term and points readers to Zacks Style Scores as a way to identify stocks.
Why it matters — AVNT watchers may note the article’s favorable momentum framing and its reference to Zacks Style Scores.
Avient announced a collaboration with chemistry AI company Albert Invent to bring AI-powered tools and modern digital infrastructure to Avient’s global R&D organization. The initiative is part of Avient’s Lab of the Future program and supports its Amplify Innovation strategic driver.
Why it matters — The collaboration is relevant to AVNT watchers because it introduces chemistry AI tools and digital infrastructure into the company’s global R&D operations.
Avient raised its full-year earnings outlook after third-quarter adjusted earnings exceeded expectations. Pricing and demand for higher-value materials helped offset modest volume growth.
Why it matters — The update highlights earnings performance and pricing and demand trends that may matter to AVNT watchers.
Avient Corporation held a webcast on November 4, 2026, to discuss its third-quarter 2026 results. The excerpt lists company executives and analysts participating in the earnings call but provides no details about the results.
Why it matters — The transcript signals a discussion of quarterly results, but the supplied excerpt does not state what those results were.
The 8 Wall Street analysts covering Avient Corp. have a median 12-month price target of $53, with estimates ranging from $50 to $56. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.
Of the 8 analysts covering Avient Corp., 5 rate it a Buy, 3 a Hold and 0 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks Avient Corp. 96 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 13 Nov 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.
As at 13 Nov 2026, Avient Corp. ranks 96 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Revisions (97 of 100).
No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 8 analysts implies +18.8% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks Avient Corp. 96 out of 100 as at 13 Nov 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.
No analyst covering Avient Corp. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for AVNT are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $50 to $56 over the next 12 months.
Avient Corp. returned +52.6% over the 12 months to 13 Nov 2026, with dividends reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future returns.
Avient Corp. Common Stock is the equity security of Avient Corporation, a materials solutions company focused on thermoplastic compounds and specialized polymer formulations.
The most recent item we track (Zacks Investment Research, 13 Nov 2026): "Here's Why Avient (AVNT) is a Strong Value Stock". Zacks Investment Research explains that its Style Scores help investors identify stocks rated highly for a particular investing style. The article presents Avient as a strong value stock.
Avient Corp. Common Stock is the equity security of Avient Corporation, a materials solutions company focused on thermoplastic compounds and specialized polymer formulations. Avient serves customers through its Color, Additives, and Inks segment and its Specialty Engineered Materials segment, supplying custom color and additive concentrates, specialty inks, dispersions, plasticols, and engineered material solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors. The company’s products are used across a broad range of industries that rely on performance plastics and tailored material properties, including packaging, automotive, consumer goods, and industrial applications. Avient Corp. Common Stock represents ownership in a business that plays a key role in the specialty materials market by helping manufacturers improve product appearance, processing, durability, and functionality through formulation expertise and application-specific solutions.
CEO Mr. Michael J. Frank · 9,000 employees · United States · https://www.avient.com
