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AVNT

AVIENT CORP
NYSE· Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers· CIK 0001122976 Materials & Mining
$42.43 +1.15 (+2.79%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $41.28
Market cap
$3.8B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
80% Buy or better · 15 analysts
Median target
$50.00
+18% · range $44.00–56.00
Next earnings
Nov 4
in 8 days
1 year
+30.2%
from $32.60 · Oct 28
30 days
+3.0%
from $41.19
52-week range
$27.48–46.34
−8% from high · low Nov 20
Avg volume 20D
868.7K
Oct 9 spike 2.60M
Short interest
4.42M
≈4.8% of shares · −4.2%
Days to cover
4.1
at average volume
Insider net
$0
no open-market trades · since Feb 19
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
SecBot read MIXED 3 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 3 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 3/3 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 4, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL Avient appointed Mike Frank as CEO, replacing Dr. Ashish Khandpur, and reaffirmed its full-year and Q3 2026…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

  • A Jun 8 Truist Securities initiates
  • A Oct 13 Barclays initiates

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersNO TRADES

    No open-market buys or sells since Feb 19. Recent filings are awards, exercises and tax withholding.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 31 added (0 new), 15 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    12 of 15 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest −4.2% to 4.42M shares. 4.1 days to cover, ≈4.8% of shares.

  • TrendRANGE

    2% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.ADD3,488,949$126.6M
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLCADD1,864,693$68.9M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD1,090,547$40.3M
MORGAN STANLEYADD928,368$34.3M
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLCDOUBLED825,663$30.5M
PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INCADD678,446$25.1M
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/DOUBLED522,241$19.3M
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INCADD476,778$17.6M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

15 analysts
Buy 80% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy3Buy9Hold3Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 8 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +18%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 13, 2026Barclays
INITIATE
INITIATEEqual-Weight
Aug 7, 2026Wells Fargo
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Aug 7, 2026Truist Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Jun 8, 2026Truist Securities
INITIATE
INITIATEBuy

Washington

Corporate Lobbying

10 lobbying filings and 7 bills this company lobbies on, with spend, stage and how each bill touches it, are for subscribers.

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Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
open-market buys or sells · since Feb 19
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 13, 2026
Frank Michael J
President & CEO
AWARD126,455 sh
Sep 30, 2026
ABERNATHY ROBERT E
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
FEARON RICHARD H
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
LIN SANDRA BEACH
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
Green Neil
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
Jellison William R
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
Mink Kim Ann
Director
AWARD958 sh
Sep 30, 2026
Nicolas Ernest
Director
AWARD958 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
Nov 4
reports in 8 days

Revision history: 🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY$3.20$3.18–$3.23+0.1%$3.4B
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Congressional trades
AVNT trades disclosed by members of Congress, with disclosure delay.
1 members · 1 buys / 0 sells
DateMemberType AmountDisclosed
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert CisnerosDHouse Avient Corp BUY $1K–$15K Apr 7, 2026 +35d

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
4,419,386
shares short
-4.2%
vs prior settlement
4.1
days to cover
≈4.8%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 13, 2026 SEC
Michael J. Frank, the President & CEO of Avient Corp, filed a Form 3 initial statement of beneficial ownership and a…
3 — Impact 2/10
Oct 13, 2026 Insider
Frank Michael J was granted 126,455 shares
President & CEO
Oct 9, 2026 SEC
Avient appointed Mike Frank as CEO, replacing Dr. Ashish Khandpur, and reaffirmed its full-year and Q3 2026 financial…
8-K — Impact 3/10
Oct 1, 2026 SEC
Avient Corporation announced it will host a conference call on November 4, 2026 to discuss its Q3 2026 results.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Oct 1, 2026 Earnings
Avient to Hold Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call
CLEVELAND, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials s
Sep 30, 2026 Insider
ABERNATHY ROBERT E was granted 958 shares
Director
Sep 30, 2026 Insider
FEARON RICHARD H was granted 958 shares
Director
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. — ADD
3,488,949 shares ($126.6M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 4, 2026
Earnings date
AVNT Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-11-04
Recent
Oct 1, 2026
Earnings
Avient to Hold Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call
CLEVELAND, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials solutions, intends to release its third quarter…
Aug 6, 2026
Earnings date
AVNT Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-08-06
Jul 16, 2026
Dividend
Avient Announces Quarterly Dividend
CLEVELAND, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials solutions, has…
Jun 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: AVNT up 45% to 4.1M shares
Settlement 2026-06-30 | Days to cover: 3.33 | ≈4.44% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jun 15, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: AVNT up 56% to 2.8M shares
Settlement 2026-06-15 | Days to cover: 3.44 | ≈3.07% of shares outstanding (est.)

SecBot reports

6 filings · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 neutral
All AVNT filing & press-release reports (6)