For the quarter ended March 2025, Avient (AVNT) reported revenue of $826.6 million, down 0.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.76, compared to $0.76 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $833.46 million, representing a surprise of -0.82%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1.33%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.75.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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: $308.40 million compared to the $312.56 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.9% year over year.
- Sales- Color, Additives and Inks: $519.70 million compared to the $521.10 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.9% year over year.
- Sales- Corporate: -$1.50 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of -$0.80 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +114.3%.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Color, Additives and Inks: $78.60 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $78.01 million.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Specialty Engineered Materials: $47.10 million compared to the $49.71 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Income (Loss)- Corporate: -$125 million compared to the -$32.27 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Avient have returned +13.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% 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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