For the quarter ended December 2025, Avient (AVNT) reported revenue of $760.6 million, up 1.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.56, compared to $0.49 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.64% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $748.35 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.55, the EPS surprise was +1.8%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Avient performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Specialty Engineered Materials: $295.5 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $283.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.7%.
- Sales- Color, Additives and Inks: $466 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $464.21 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.4%.
- Sales- Corporate: $-0.9 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-0.97 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of 0%.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Specialty Engineered Materials: $39 million versus $36.59 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Color, Additives and Inks: $58.6 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $60.05 million.
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Shares of Avient have returned +16.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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