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Avient Corp Earnings per Basic Share are comparatively stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Avient Corp reported Earnings per Basic Share of 8.76 in 2020. Earnings per Diluted Share is likely to gain to 9.41 in 2021, whereas Invested Capital Average is likely to drop slightly above 2.5 B in 2021. Today we will review Avient Corp. We will evaluate if Avient Corp shares are reasonably priced going into March. Here I will also review some basic indicators that the firm investors should consider in March.

Published over two weeks ago

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Avient Corp (NYSE:AVNT) continues to gain

The firm is fairly valued at 41.04 per share with modest projections ahead. On a scale of 0 to 100, Avient Corp holds a performance score of 9. The firm shows a Beta (market volatility) of 0.0, which signifies not very significant fluctuations relative to the market. Let's try to break down what Avient's beta means in this case. the returns on MARKET and Avient Corp are completely uncorrelated. Although it is vital to follow Avient Corp historical returns, it is good to be conservative about what you can do with the information regarding equity current trending patterns. The philosophy towards foreseeing future performance of any stock is to evaluate the business as a whole together with its past performance, including all available fundamental and technical indicators. By analyzing Avient Corp technical indicators, you can presently evaluate if the expected return of 0.35% will be sustainable into the future. Please makes use of Avient Corp sortino ratio, as well as the relationship between the semi variance and rate of daily change to make a quick decision on whether Avient Corp price patterns will revert.

And What about dividends?

A dividend is the distribution of a portion of Avient Corp earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors and paid to a class of its shareholders. Note, announcements of dividend payouts are generally accompanied by a proportional increase or decrease in a company's stock price. Avient Corp dividend payments follow a chronological order of events, and the associated dates are important to determine the shareholders who qualify for receiving the dividend payment. Avient one year expected dividend income is about $0.27 per share.

Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions is likely to drop to about (58.6 M) in 2021. Dividend Yield is likely to drop to 0.0209 in 2021.

	Last Reported	Projected for 2021
Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions	-54.3 M	-58.6 M
Dividend Yield	0.0242	0.0209
Dividends per Basic Common Share	0.91	0.73

Investing in stocks that pay dividends, such as stock of Avient Corp, is one of many strategies that are good for long-term investments. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Avient Corp must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.

This type of analysis is very useful when you want to generate a past dividend schedule and payout information for Avient Corp. Then that information in the form of graph and calendar can be used to fully explain how Du Pont dividends can provide a real clue to its valuation.

What do experts say?

Stock analysis is a method for investors and traders to make buying and selling decisions. By studying and evaluating past and current data, investors and traders attempt to gain an edge in the markets by making informed decisions.

It is good to see analyst projects for Avient Corp, but it might be worth checking our own buy vs. sell analysis

How Avient utilizes its cash?

To perform a cash flow analysis of Avient Corp, investors first need to understand how to read the cash flow statement. A cash flow statement shows the amount of cash Avient Corp is receiving and how much cash it distributes out in a given period. The Avient Corp cash flow statement breaks down these inflows and outflows into different buckets, including operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities.

Avient Corp Net Cash Flow from Operations is comparatively stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Avient Corp reported Net Cash Flow from Operations of 345.92 Million in 2020

What did Avient Corp file with SEC?

The SEC filings are financial statements or other formal documents of Avient Corp that are regularly submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Public companies, certain insiders, and broker-dealers are required to make SEC filings and fintech professionals rely on these filings for information about companies they are evaluating for investment purposes. Please note, most SEC filings are available online through the SEC's EDGAR database.

Please check here for more information.

Please note, although all public domestic companies are required to submit their filings via EDGAR, not all public companies are available through our service. Also, keep in mind that the actual annual reports to Avient shareholders may or may not be submitted as SEC does not always require it.

	10th of February 2021 Unclassified Corporate Event	View
	9th of February 2021 Financial Statements and Exhibits. Results of Operations and Financial Condition	View
	15th of October 2020 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers	View
	2nd of October 2020 Regulation FD Disclosure	View

Breaking it down a bit more

Almost 100.0 percent of Avient Corp outstanding shares are held by regular investors with 0.0 (percent) owned by insiders and only 0.0 % by other corporate entities.

	2018	2019	2020	2021 (projected)
Interest Expense	62.8 M	59.5 M	68.42 M	67.77 M
Gross Profit	624.8 M	657.2 M	755.78 M	743.16 M

Interest Expense Gross Profit

Ownership Breakdown

Retail Investors

100.0%

	Retail Investors	100.0
	Insiders	0.0
	Institutions	0.0

Can Avient Corp build up on the newest gain?

The maximum drawdown is down to 11.43 as of today. Avient Corp currently demonstrates below-verage downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of 0.11 and Jensen Alpha of 0.0. However, we do advice investors to further question Avient Corp expected returns to ensure all indicators are consistent with the current outlook about its relatively low value at risk.

Our Final Takeaway

Whereas many of the other players under the specialty chemicals industry are still a bit expensive, Avient Corp may offer a potential longer-term growth to private investors. While some private investors may not share our view we believe that the current risk-reward utility is not appealing enough to do any trading. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Avient Corp.

About Contributor

Raphi Shpitalnik is a Junior Member of Macroaxs Editorial Board. Raphael is a young entrepreneur who joined Macroaxis on a part-time base at the beginning of the pandemic and eventually acquired a real test for investing and fintech. He likes to analyze different equity instruments across a wide range of industries, focusing primarily on consumer products, sports, fintech, cannabis, and AI. View Profile

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