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AVIENT CORP

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AVIENT CORP

AVNT·NYSE·Industrial Applications And Services·CIK 0001122976

Avient Corporation is an innovator of materials solutions within the polymer industry. The company provides specialty engineered materials, performance fibers, advanced composites, and color and additive solutions. Avient also specializes in developing and manufacturing performance-enhancing additives, liquid colorants, and silicone colorants. Formed as PolyOne Corporation on August 31, 2000, from the consolidation of The Geon Company and M.A. Hanna Company, the company changed its name to Avient Corporation effective June 30, 2020. Avient is incorporated in Ohio and headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio. The company operates 98 manufacturing sites across North America, South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In 2025, Avient had sales of $3.3 billion, with approximately 61% of these sales to customers outside the United States. Avient connects large chemical producers (raw material suppliers) with designers, assemblers, and processors of polymers (customers) by leveraging its formulation expertise, materials science, and operational capabilities. The company serves end markets including consumer, packaging, defense, healthcare, industrial, transportation, building and construction, telecommunications, and energy.

AVIENT CORP (NYSE:AVNT) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 9 items for AVNT at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 8/10. Across its 9 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 5 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for AVNT spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Avient Q2 Earnings: $0.70 EPS, Debt Reduction, and Rising Environmental Costs
  • Avient Beats Q2 Estimates, Raises Full-Year EPS Guidance to $3.10-$3.25
  • Avient Beats Q2 Estimates, Raises Full-Year Guidance on Strong Organic Growth
  • Avient Reports Strong Q1 Profit Turnaround, Driven by Cost Savings and Absence of Prior Year Impairment
  • Avient Reports Strong Q1 Earnings, Beats Adjusted EPS Guidance, and Reaffirms Full-Year Outlook

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$3.26B
Net Income
$81.9M
Diluted EPS
$0.89
Op. Cash Flow
$301.6M
Free Cash Flow
$195M
Gross Profit
$1.02B
Operating Income
$203.5M
Cash & Equivalents
$510.5M
Total Debt
$1.92B
Debt / Equity
0.81×
Net Margin
2.5%
Shares Outstanding
91.5M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-17 · accession 0001122976-26-000039

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.16 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 4,126,545 shares in AVNT as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 6.1% increase from the prior period — about 6.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 69.7% of AVNT volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)4,126,545 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 6.1%
Days to cover6.16 at avg daily volume of 670,309
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)69.7% of 286,720 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume68.9%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$41.17
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $27.48 – $44.85
Market cap
$3.78B
Volume
876.6K (1.3× avg)
3-mo avg 690.5K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:49 UTC · Market closed

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Aug 06, 2026, 1:47 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $42.95
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Change: -$1.78 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
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Aug 06, 2026, 6:13 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $38.18
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Change: +$2.99 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
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Aug 06, 2026, 6:01 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $38.18
Real-time Price: $41.17 info
Change: +$2.99 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
May 07, 2026, 10:27 AM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $37.09
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Change: +$4.09 (+11%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
May 07, 2026, 6:01 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $37.84
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Change: +$3.33 (+9%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
Apr 27, 2026, 7:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $37.56
Real-time Price: $41.17 info
Change: +$3.61 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
Mar 27, 2026, 7:51 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $36.23
Real-time Price: $41.17 info
Change: +$4.94 (+14%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
Feb 17, 2026, 4:20 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.05
Real-time Price: $41.17 info
Change: -$1.88 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
AVNT
Feb 12, 2026, 6:01 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $40.87
Real-time Price: $41.17 info
Change: +$0.300 (+0.73%) info
Market Cap: $3.776B info
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