AVIENT CORP (AVNT)
Materials · Specialty chemicals and engineered materials for polymers · NYSE
Avient formulates and manufactures engineered specialty polymers, composites, fibers, and color/additive solutions for manufacturers across packaging, transportation, defense, healthcare, and industrial markets globally.
What AVIENT CORP does
Avient Corporation is an innovator of materials solutions that formulates and manufactures specialty polymers, advanced composites, performance fibers, and color and additive solutions for use in end products across multiple industries. The company bridges large commodity resin producers and downstream manufacturers by providing engineered, differentiated polymer materials tailored for specific applications. Operating 98 manufacturing sites globally with approximately 61% of sales from outside the United States, Avient applies formulation expertise and materials science to help customers improve product performance, appeal, and competitive advantage.
Themes: ["Specialty polymers and formulations","Polymer colorants and additives","Advanced composites","Lightweight materials for transportation","Packaging materials","Defense and aerospace materials","Healthcare/medical polymers","Recyclability and sustainable materials"]
Fundamentals
- Price$35.98 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$3.3B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+3.8% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E21.00 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+4.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+31.2% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+6.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.80 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.30 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +3.1%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to cyclical end markets (consumer, transportation, industrial) with varying demand; Q1 2026 showed declines in consumer, transportation and industrial segments offsetting gains in building, construction and healthcare.","Dependence on commodity resin prices and raw material supply chain; significant portion of raw materials sourced from external suppliers with exposure to price volatility.","Foreign currency exposure with 61% of 2025 sales generated outside the United States; favorable FX benefited Q1 2026 results but creates revenue volatility."]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.