Forensic Analysis · Chemicals · as of Nov 8, 2026

Avient Corp (AVNT)

A forensic read on Avient Corp built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Grey Zone

Financial health

2.5

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

3.5%

ROE

0.6%

Revenue growth

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Avient Corp earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.5, placing it in the Grey zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

3.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 3.3% in the latest fiscal year, against 3.7% in FY2023, having run between 3.3% and 5.4% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $172M in FY2023 and $152M in FY2025, with operating income at 6.3% of revenue in FY2023, 10.2% in FY2024 and 6.2% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $4.7B in FY2023 to $4.6B in FY2025 (-1%), while the revenue it carried went from $3.1B to $3.3B. FY2023's operating profit carried a $26M restructuring charge that took about 0.5 points off that year's return, and FY2025's carried a $72M asset write-down and a $48M restructuring charge that took about 2.0 points off the latest; so, net of each other, the two charges take about 1.5 points off the -0.4-point change across FY2023–FY2025. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$3.26B

Revenue Growth YoY+0.6%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+1.9%

Net Margin2.5%

Free Cash Flow$195.0M

Return on Equity3.5%

Debt / Equity0.81x

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