Avient (AVNT) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported 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 diluted 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 5.5/10.
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: 2026-11-09.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: outside United States (61.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2)
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
- $43.40
- Price target
- $44.25
- Stop
- $41.16
- Upside to target
- +2.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.3:1
The stock trades at 23.2× trailing but 12.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — 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
- $3.94B
- P/E (fwd)
- 12.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 23.2
- 52-week range
- $27.48–$46.64
- Off 52-week high
- 6.9%
- RSI (14)
- 40
- Volume vs avg
- 0.51×
- Score today
- 5.5/10