AVNT Stock — Avient Corporation

Avient Corporation (AVNT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AVNT is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.90%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.82%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is -100.0% over the past 41.9 years.

Avient Corporation is a specialty materials company that formulates and sells custom color concentrates, additives, inks, and engineered polymer solutions to manufacturers in industries including medical devices, food packaging, transportation, and building products across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The company pays a modest current distribution rate on a quarterly basis. Avient appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to the specialty chemicals and materials sector.

AVNT performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -100.0% over the past 41.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 29.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 25.7%.

AVNT key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.70%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/05/1984

Distribution rate

2.90%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.82%

5-year average yield

2.44

Last close

$38.98 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$3,575,228,059

Average volume

860491.0

Dividend

$0.2825

Ex-dividend date

12/11/2026

Beta

1.295

Payout ratio

36.1%

P/E ratio

21.07

Forward P/E

11.7096

EPS

$1.85

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.90%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.82%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AVNT risks and drawbacks

AVNT's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 25.7%.

Who may consider AVNT — and who may not

AVNT may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AVNT pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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