Avient (AVNT) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.96
- Estimate
- $0.89
- Surprise
- +7.7%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Avient (AVNT) beat the $0.89 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.96 — a clear 7.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.3/10) to Hold at 5.5/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AVNT Sell at 5.7/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +7.7% surprise compares with a +3.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: outside United States (61.0%)
- Negative momentum
- Momentum score 3.5/10 — below 4.5 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $38.85
- Price target
- $43.50
- Stop
- $36.17
- Upside to target
- +12.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.7:1
The stock trades at 21.4× trailing but 11.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-15 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AVNT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $3.63B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.4
- 52-week range
- $27.48–$46.64
- Off 52-week high
- 16.7%
- RSI (14)
- 39
- Volume vs avg
- 1.25×
- Score today
- 5.7/10