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Avient Corporation
AVNT · NYSEMaterials
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Raw inputsore, oil, gas, air & landChemicals,metals & gasesrefining & reactingFinishedmaterialspaints, packaging, aggreg…Distribution &logisticshow it gets thereCustomers &end marketswho paysOILOil & natural gasRESBase resins & polymersPIGPigments, dyes & additivesDOWDowLYBLyondellBasellAVNTAvient CorporationCECelaneseDDDuPontD&CDistributors & channelPKGPackaging & consumer brandsMEDHealthcare & medical device makersDEFDefense & protectiveAUTTransportation & autosBLDBuilding & constructionTECTelecom, electronics & energy
Company details
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E ratio
13×
Div yield
3.0%
EPS (adj. 2025)
$2.82
Revenue
$3.2B
Rev. growth
+2%
Net income
$170M
Segments
2
In plain English
Avient is a specialty-materials formulator — it doesn't crack oil or mine ore, it buys base plastics and pigments and turns them into custom color, additives and high-performance polymer compounds. Reinvented from the old PolyOne (renamed in 2020 after buying Clariant's masterbatch arm and again reshaped by the 2022 Dyneema purchase and distribution sale), it now runs two segments selling into packaging, healthcare, defense and consumer markets — the invisible chemistry that colors a bottle, lightens a car part or stops a bullet.
In simple terms
What Avient Corporation really sells
Avient is a specialty-materials formulator — it doesn't crack oil or mine ore, it buys base plastics and pigments and turns them into custom color, additives and high-performance polymer compounds. Reinvented from the old PolyOne (renamed in 2020 after buying Clariant's masterbatch arm and again reshaped by the 2022 Dyneema purchase and distribution sale), it now runs two segments selling into packaging, healthcare, defense and consumer markets — the invisible chemistry that colors a bottle, lightens a car part or stops a bullet.
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Moderate-High
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