Avient Corp. (AVNT) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Avient Corp.

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Why is Avient Corp. ?

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 3.93% and Operating profit at 4.98% over the last 5 years

The company declared very negative results in Mar'25 after flat results in Dec'24

NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 20.1 MM has Grown at -70.65%
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 255.4 MM
CASH AND EQV(HY) Lowest at USD 930.5 MM

With ROCE of 5.38%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.57 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -35.90%, its profits have fallen by -51.6%

Below par performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating -35.90% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Avient Corp. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Chemicals & Petrochemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Chemicals & Petrochemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Avient Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Avient Corp.

-8.66%

-0.71

39.98%

S&P 500

13.68%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

0.11%

EBIT Growth (5y)

4.58%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

2.36

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

3.21

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.70

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.73

Tax Ratio

23.23%

Dividend Payout Ratio

121.61%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

7.90%

ROE (avg)

6.04%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.77

EV to EBIT

22.84

EV to EBITDA

12.91

EV to Capital Employed

1.48

EV to Sales

1.73

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

294.80%

ROCE (Latest)

6.48%

ROE (Latest)

3.61%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

19What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 297.7 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 7.81

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 48.9 MM has Grown at 154.36%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 34.03 MM has Grown at 146.33%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 149.38%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -5.42% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 62.75 %

-1What is not working for the Company

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 956.1 MM

Here's what is working for Avient Corp.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 297.7 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 48.9 MM has Grown at 154.36%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 19.23 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 34.03 MM has Grown at 146.33%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 13.81 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 7.81 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 62.75 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 149.38%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -5.42% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Avient Corp.

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at USD 956.1 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents