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For the quarter ended September 2024, Avient (AVNT) reported revenue of $815.2 million, up 8.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.65, compared to $0.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.38% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $796.27 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.63, the EPS surprise was +3.17%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Avient performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
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Sales- Specialty Engineered Materials: $294.60 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $288.76 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10%.
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Sales- Color, Additives and Inks: $521.50 million compared to the $514.14 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.2% year over year.
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Sales- Corporate: -$0.90 million versus -$0.85 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +28.6% change.
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Operating Income (Loss)- Color, Additives and Inks: $75.50 million compared to the $73.65 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Operating Income (Loss)- Specialty Engineered Materials: $36.40 million compared to the $38.18 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Operating Income (Loss)- Corporate: -$34.70 million compared to the -$36.53 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Avient have returned -1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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