Avient Corp (AVNT) stock hits $28.31: Is it a good time to buy or wait for a dip?

Nora Barnes

Avient Corp [AVNT] stock prices are up 0.25% to $28.31 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AVNT shares have lost -5.03% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.34%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Avient Corp [NYSE: AVNT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 17, 2025, when KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $48. Previously, Robert W. Baird started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on March 14, 2025, and set its price target to $43. On February 18, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $56 on the stock. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $52 on August 07, 2024. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on November 06, 2023, and downed its price target to $37. In a note dated February 16, 2023, Oppenheimer upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $50.

The stock price of Avient Corp [AVNT] has been fluctuating between $27.86 and $53.61 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $42.5 within the next 12 months. Avient Corp [NYSE: AVNT] shares were valued at $28.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 50.12% based on the average AVNT price forecast.

Analyzing the AVNT fundamentals

The Avient Corp [NYSE:AVNT] reported sales of 3.25B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -1.07%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.83.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 27.87 points at the first support level, and at 27.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 28.62, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 28.94.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Avient Corp [NYSE:AVNT]’s Current Ratio is 2.03. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.47, while the Cash Ratio is 0.64. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.80, the price to book ratio is 1.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.96.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Rathbun Joel R., Former Officer, that happened on Mar 21 ’25 when 2731.0 shares were purchased. Former Officer, Rathbun Joel R. completed a deal on Mar 17 ’25 to buy 2966.0 shares.

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