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AVTR

Avantor, Inc.
NYSE· Laboratory Analytical Instruments· CIK 0001722482 Industrials & Manufacturing
$17.22 −0.07 (−0.40%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $17.29
Market cap
$11.6B
Large cap
Consensus
Hold
29% Buy or better · 24 analysts
Median target
$15.00
−13% · range $13.00–19.00
Next earnings
Oct 28
in 2 days
1 year
+14.0%
from $15.11 · Oct 27
30 days
+12.6%
from $15.29
52-week range
$7.41–17.29
−0% from high · low Mar 27
Avg volume 20D
9.00M
Oct 16 spike 29.36M
Short interest
39.35M
≈5.8% of shares · −23.4%
Days to cover
4.2
at average volume
Insider net
+$1.7M
3 buyers · 0 sellers · since Feb 19
New fund stakes
1
Q2 2026 13F · 3 exits
SecBot read MIXED 4 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 4 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 3/4 ·Next Earnings date, Oct 28, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL Three asset managers (Wealth Enhancement, Nisa, Assetmark) added small Avantor positions in Q3, while…
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Price

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

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBULLISH

    3 insiders bought $1.7M at an average $8.31. No open-market sales. Price is 107% above their cost.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 58 added (1 new), 23 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, $73.2M.

  • AnalystsMIXED

    7 of 24 rate it Buy or better. Median target $15.00 (−13%).

  • Short sellersCOVERING

    Short interest −23.4% to 39.35M shares. 4.2 days to cover, ≈5.8% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    13% above its 50-day average. New closing high $17.29 on Oct 23.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
1
new positions
3
exits
$73.2M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
MARSHALL WACE, LLPDOUBLED13,130,158$130.0M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ADD10,989,344$108.8M
EARNEST PARTNERS LLCADD10,748,525$106.4M
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.TRIM9,571,523$94.8M
SEI INVESTMENTS COADD7,947,198$78.7M
GENDELL JEFFREY LADD7,607,270$75.3M
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.NEW7,392,825$73.2M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD6,204,341$61.4M

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

The Street

24 analysts
Hold 29% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy3Buy4Hold16Sell1Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 13 analysts

Price is inside the target range. Median implies −13%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 13, 2026Morgan Stanley
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Oct 13, 2026TD Cowen
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINHold
Oct 7, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINUnderweight
Sep 9, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Jul 30, 2026Morgan Stanley
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Jul 30, 2026RBC Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINSector Perform

Insider ledger

Form 4
$1.7M
bought · 3 insiders
$0
sold · 0 insiders
+107.1%
vs their $8.31 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Sep 21, 2026
Garner Todd W
EVP and CFO
AWARD49,688 sh
Sep 21, 2026
Garner Todd W
EVP and CFO
AWARD138,632 sh
Aug 18, 2026
Ligner Emmanuel
President and CEO
TAX W/H$397.3K
Aug 14, 2026
Hankamer Brittany
EVP, Chief HR Officer
TAX W/H$2.5K
Jul 31, 2026
Eck Steven W
SVP & Chief Accounting Officer
TAX W/H$19.1K
Jul 24, 2026
Sokenu Claudius
EVP, Chief Legal & Compliance
TAX W/H$13.7K
Jun 21, 2026
Walker Corey
President, VWR Dist. & Servs.
TAX W/H$28.8K
May 8, 2026
LUCIER GREGORY T
Director
BUY$83.2K

Earnings setup

Estimates
Oct 28
reports in 2 days

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Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
39,348,974
shares short
-23.4%
vs prior settlement
4.2
days to cover
≈5.8%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 21, 2026 SEC
Three asset managers (Wealth Enhancement, Nisa, Assetmark) added small Avantor positions in Q3, while Assenagon Asset…
INST-CLUSTER — Impact 3/10
Oct 1, 2026 SEC
Avantor and Financial News announced it will report its Q3 2026 results on October 28, 2026.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Oct 1, 2026 Earnings
Avantor® to Report Third Quarter 2026 Earnings on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of m
Sep 21, 2026 SEC
Avantor appointed Todd Garner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 21, 2026…
8-K — Impact 3/10
Sep 21, 2026 Insider
Garner Todd W was granted 49,688 shares
EVP and CFO
Sep 21, 2026 Insider
Garner Todd W was granted 138,632 shares
EVP and CFO
Aug 18, 2026 Insider
Ligner Emmanuel surrendered for taxes 29,803 shares
President and CEO @ $13.33 ($397.3K)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
MARSHALL WACE, LLP — DOUBLED
13,130,158 shares ($130.0M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Oct 28, 2026
Earnings date
AVTR Q3 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-10-28
Recent
Oct 1, 2026
Earnings
Avantor® to Report Third Quarter 2026 Earnings on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
RADNOR, Pa., Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to…
Sep 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: AVTR down 23% to 39.3M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 4.16 | ≈5.82% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 21, 2026
Press release
Avantor appoints new Chief Financial Officer
RADNOR, Pa., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to…
Jul 29, 2026
Earnings date
AVTR Q2 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-07-29
Apr 29, 2026
Earnings date
AVTR Q1 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-04-29

SecBot reports

10 filings · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 neutral
All AVTR filing & press-release reports (10)