Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) has a beta value of 0.96 and has seen 1.86 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $9.09B, closed the recent trade at $13.35 per share which meant it lost -$0.23 on the day or -1.73% during that session. The AVTR stock price is -109.74% off its 52-week high price of $28.00 and 11.46% above the 52-week low of $11.82. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 10.62 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.55 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Avantor Inc (AVTR) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.22. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 10 have rated it as a Hold, with 8 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.25.
Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) trade information
Sporting -1.73% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the AVTR stock price touched $13.35 or saw a rise of 6.18%. Year-to-date, Avantor Inc shares have moved -36.15%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.22%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) have changed -1.29%. Short interest in the company has seen 31.67 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.75.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $17, which means that the shares’ value could jump 21.47% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $15.0 while the price target rests at a high of $26.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -94.76% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -12.36% from the levels at last check today..
Avantor Inc (AVTR) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -39.70% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -1.42%.
17 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.68B for the current quarter. 17 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.7B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.7B and 1.71B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -1.58% for the current quarter and -1.42% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 3.69% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 7.88%.
AVTR Dividends
Avantor Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Apr-25 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR)’s Major holders
Insiders own 1.35% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 103.17% with a share float percentage of 104.57%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Avantor Inc having a total of 704.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. with over 69.67 million shares worth more than $1.48 billion. As of 2024-06-30, T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. held 10.2552% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is DODGE & COX, with the holding of over 65.36 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.39 billion and represent 9.6209% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Dodge & Cox Funds-Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 9.81% shares in the company for having 66.84 shares of worth $897.34 million while later fund manager owns 22.11 shares of worth $296.83 million as of May 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 3.24% of company’s outstanding stock.
