The price of Avantor Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) shares last traded on Wall Street rose 0.10% to $21.01.
Based on available information, 20 analysts follow Avantor Inc. (NYSE:AVTR). The consensus rating among analysts is ‘Overweight’. As we calculate the median target price by taking the range between a high of $30.00 and a low of $21.00, we find $28.00. Given the previous closing price of $20.99, this indicates a potential upside of 33.4 percent. AVTR stock price is now -9.26% away from the 50-day moving average and -12.41% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $14.26B.
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Among analysts, 4 rate the stock a hold while 12 rate it a buy. Brokers who have rated the stock have averaged $27.67 as their price target over the next twelve months.
With the price target of $24, Deutsche Bank recently initiated with Hold rating for Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR). On October 05, 2022, Citigroup Upgraded its previous ‘Neutral’ rating to ‘Buy’ on the stock keeping its target price maintained at $28, while ‘Cowen’ rates the stock as ‘Market Perform’.
In other news, Brophy Gerard, EVP, Biopharma Production sold 3,914 shares of the company’s stock on Mar 03. The stock was sold for $97,850 at an average price of $25.00. Upon completion of the transaction, the EVP, Biopharma Production now directly owns 108,715 shares in the company, valued at $2.28 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Feb 28, EVP, AMEA Couturier Christophe sold 2,324 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $56,520 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $24.32. This leaves the insider owning 100,717 shares of the company worth $2.12 million. Insiders disposed of 528,247 shares of company stock worth roughly $11.1 million over the past 1 year. A total of 0.20% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
There have been several recent changes in the stakes of large investors in AVTR stock. A new stake in Avantor Inc. shares was purchased by CASTLE HOOK PARTNERS LP during the first quarter worth $32,014,000. WOODLINE PARTNERS LP invested $18,140,000 in shares of AVTR during the first quarter. In the first quarter, OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC acquired a new stake in Avantor Inc. valued at approximately $17,799,000. THEMATICS ASSET MANAGEMENT acquired a new stake in AVTR for approximately $16,288,000. REINHART PARTNERS, INC. purchased a new stake in AVTR valued at around $12,668,000 in the second quarter. In total, there are 657 active investors with 91.70% ownership of the company’s stock.
A candlestick chart of Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) showed a price of $21.27 on Wednesday morning. During the past 12 months, Avantor Inc. has had a low of $17.91 and a high of $34.83. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.60, and a quick ratio of 1.10. The fifty day moving average price for AVTR is $23.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $23.94 for the stock.
The latest earnings results from Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) was released for Dec, 2022. According to the Specialty Chemicals Company, earnings per share came in at $0.32, beating analysts’ expectations of $0.3 by 0.02. This compares to $0.15 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 8.80% and return on equity was 15.30% for AVTR. The company reported revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to $1.91 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -5.9 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect AVTR to generate $1.77B in revenue.
Avantor Inc.(AVTR) Company Profile
Avantor, Inc. provides products and services to customers in biopharma, healthcare, education and government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers materials and consumables, such as purity chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies, formulated silicone materials, customized excipients, customized single-use assemblies, process chromatography resins and columns, analytical sample prep kits, education and microbiology products, clinical trial kits, peristaltic pumps, and fluid handling tips. It also provides equipment and instrumentation products, including filtration systems, virus inactivation systems, incubators, analytical instruments, evaporators, ultra-low-temperature freezers, biological safety cabinets, and critical environment supplies. In addition, the company offers services and specialty procurements comprising onsite lab and production, clinical, equipment, procurement and sourcing, and biopharmaceutical material scale-up and development services. Avantor, Inc. was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
