With over 5.7 million Avantor Inc. (AVTR) shares trading Tuesday and a closing price of $22.75 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $129.67 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 11.90% and its price on 01/02/24 lost nearly -0.35%. Currently, there are 674.30M common shares owned by the public and among those 659.11M shares have been available to trade.
Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 86 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 31 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 889,206 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 55 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 524,926 shares.
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Shares of Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) opened at $22.68, down -$0.15 from a prior closing price of $22.83. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.83% and 9.11% over the past three months. AVTR shares are trading -0.35% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 8.13% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $16.63 and touched a high of $25.25 over the same period. AVTR has an average intraday trading volume of 8.13 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 2.87%, 11.61%, and 9.97% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) shares accounts for 92.22% of the company’s 674.30M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $15.39B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.36. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 42.33, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $0.54. The company has a PEG of 1.89 and a Quick Ratio of 1.03 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.10. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.92% over the week and 3.01% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Avantor Inc. (AVTR) will achieve an EPS of $0.22 for the current quarter, $0.24 for the next quarter and $1.08 for 2024. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0.21 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0.24. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $0.32 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -26.20%, and 3.34% over the next financial year.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 23 brokerage firm advisors rate Avantor Inc. (AVTR) as a “Strong Buy” at a consensus score of 1.83. Specifically, 12 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 8 of the 23 advise that investors “hold,” and 0 rated it as a “Sell.”
Looking at the support for the AVTR, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. TD Cowen stated their Outperform rating for the stock in a research note on December 11, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $21-$28.
