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Compared to Estimates, Avient (AVNT) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

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Avient (AVNT - Free Report) reported $806.5 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 1.1%. EPS of $0.70 for the same period compares to $0.65 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.82% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $821.41 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.69, the EPS surprise was +1.45%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Avient performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Sales- Specialty Engineered Materials: $297.7 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $304.45 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.1%.
  • Sales- Color, Additives and Inks: $509.9 million compared to the $515.47 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.2% year over year.
  • Sales- Corporate: $-1.1 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-1.01 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +22.2%.
  • Operating Income (Loss)- Color, Additives and Inks: $73.8 million versus $77.64 million estimated by four analysts on average.
  • Operating Income (Loss)- Specialty Engineered Materials: $37.3 million versus $38.53 million estimated by four analysts on average.
  • Operating Income (Loss)- Corporate: $-44 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-28.85 million.

View all Key Company Metrics for Avient here>>>

Shares of Avient have returned -2.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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