Avantor Inc (NYSE: AVTR) is -17.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.14 and a high of $28.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AVTR stock was last observed hovering at around $17.49 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.19%.
Currently trading at $17.30, the stock is -13.70% and -18.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.55 million and changing -1.09% at the moment leaves the stock -24.98% off its SMA200. AVTR registered -28.07% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -32.37%.
The stock witnessed a -21.72% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.27%, and is -4.42% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.14% over the week and 3.62% over the month.
Avantor Inc (AVTR) has around 13500 employees, a market worth around $11.78B and $6.78B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.60 and Fwd P/E is 14.39. Profit margin for the company is 10.49%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.93% and -38.21% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.62%).
with sales reaching $1.61B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.32% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.85% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.32% in year-over-year returns.
Avantor Inc (AVTR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 680.80M, and float is at 663.83M with Short Float at 4.07%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. with over 69.67 million shares valued at $1.48 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.2552% of the AVTR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is DODGE & COX with 65.36 million shares valued at $$1.39 billion to account for 9.6209 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 64.25 million shares representing 9.475% and valued at over $1.36 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.4898 of the shares totaling 44.01 million with a market value of $932.96 million.
Avantor Inc (AVTR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Eck Steven W,the company’sSVP & Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Eck Steven W sold 3,525 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 05 ’24 at a price of $25.06 per share for a total of $88336.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 29544.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 26 ’24, Wondrasch Michael (Officer) Proposed Sale 17,000 shares at an average price of $25.54 for $0.43 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Avantor Inc (AVTR).
