Why Should We Buy Avantor Inc (AVTR) Stock?

Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) has a beta value of 1.05 and has seen 10.19 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $9.17B, closed the last trade at $13.46 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 0.22% during that session. The AVTR stock price is -108.02% off its 52-week high price of $28.00 and 12.18% 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 11.89 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.51 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.

Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) trade information

Sporting 0.22% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the AVTR stock price touched $13.46 or saw a rise of 1.54%. Year-to-date, Avantor Inc shares have moved -37.54%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.22%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Avantor Inc (NYSE:AVTR) have changed 4.67%. Short interest in the company has seen 34.74 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.8.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $24.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 45.06% from current levels. 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 current price level is -93.16% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -11.44% from current levels.

Avantor Inc (AVTR) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -36.24% over the past 6 months.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 3.60% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 8.25%.

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 1.32% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 103.15% with a share float percentage of 104.54%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Avantor Inc having a total of 708.0 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.

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