Avantor, Inc. $AVTR Shares Acquired by Greenhaven Associates Inc.

Greenhaven Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) by 12.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 20,500,653 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,189,083 shares during the quarter. Avantor accounts for 3.8% of Greenhaven Associates Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Greenhaven Associates Inc. owned about 3.01% of Avantor worth $234,937,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AVTR. Dodge & Cox boosted its position in Avantor by 17.1% during the 2nd quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 117,433,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,580,655,000 after acquiring an additional 17,170,761 shares during the period. London Co. of Virginia acquired a new position in shares of Avantor during the third quarter valued at $159,669,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Avantor during the second quarter valued at $108,167,000. Engine Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Avantor during the second quarter valued at about $74,088,000. Finally, Clarkston Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Avantor by 45.8% during the second quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 13,982,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $188,199,000 after purchasing an additional 4,390,140 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AVTR. Morgan Stanley set a $10.00 target price on shares of Avantor in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Robert W. Baird set a $11.00 price target on shares of Avantor in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $10.50 price target on shares of Avantor in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Avantor from $13.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Evercore set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Avantor in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $11.80.

Avantor Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of AVTR stock opened at $7.51 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $9.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $11.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.62, a P/E/G ratio of 2.99 and a beta of 0.97. Avantor, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $7.39 and a fifty-two week high of $16.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. Avantor had a negative net margin of 8.09% and a positive return on equity of 10.45%. The firm had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share. Avantor’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Avantor has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.770-0.830 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Avantor, Inc. will post 1.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Avantor news, Director Gregory T. Lucier bought 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $9.16 per share, for a total transaction of $458,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 50,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $458,000. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Gregory L. Summe bought 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 12th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $9.40 per share, with a total value of $940,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,760,000. The trade was a 33.33% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have acquired 275,000 shares of company stock worth $2,399,250 in the last ninety days. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Avantor Company Profile

Avantor, Inc (NYSE:AVTR) is a global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. The company delivers essential solutions that support research, development, production and safety applications. Its product portfolio spans from high-purity chemicals and reagents to biologics and cell culture media, as well as lab equipment, consumables and custom manufacturing services.

Avantor’s offerings are organized across two primary segments.