Avantor Inc (NYSE: AVTR) is -36.07% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.82 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 $13.36 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.11%.
Currently trading at $13.47, the stock is 3.23% and -8.53% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 11.2 million and changing 0.82% at the moment leaves the stock -34.67% off its SMA200. AVTR registered -46.08% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -36.31%.
The stock witnessed a -9.96% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.81%, and is 1.28% up 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 3.94% over the week and 4.59% over the month.
Avantor Inc (AVTR) has around 13500 employees, a market worth around $9.18B and $6.69B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.85 and Fwd P/E is 11.81. Profit margin for the company is 10.70%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.96% and -51.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.63%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.82% this year.
Avantor Inc (AVTR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 681.50M, and float is at 663.12M with Short Float at 5.27%.
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 9.4569% and valued at over $1.36 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.4774 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 purchase by SUMME GREGORY L, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SUMME GREGORY L bought 25,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $12.00 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 50000.0 shares.
Avantor Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 29 ’25 that Massaro Joseph R (Director) bought a total of 8,100 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 29 ’25 and was made at $12.30 per share for $99630.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35038.0 shares of the AVTR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 28 ’25, SUMME GREGORY L (Director) acquired 25,000 shares at an average price of $12.50 for $0.31 million. The insider now directly holds 25,000 shares of Avantor Inc (AVTR).
