Vise Technologies Inc. Takes $731,000 Position in Avantor, Inc. $AVTR

Vise Technologies Inc. purchased a new stake in Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 73,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $731,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in AVTR. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Avantor during the second quarter worth about $695,784,000. Wellington Management Group LLP purchased a new position in shares of Avantor in the fourth quarter valued at $268,584,000. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Avantor by 179.4% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 17,468,418 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,188,000 after buying an additional 11,216,565 shares during the period. Engine Capital Management LP increased its stake in Avantor by 65.8% during the 1st quarter. Engine Capital Management LP now owns 19,780,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $155,082,000 after buying an additional 7,853,018 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Avantor in the 4th quarter worth $73,322,000. 95.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on AVTR. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $13.00 target price on shares of Avantor in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Avantor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 27th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Avantor from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Avantor from $10.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Avantor from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Avantor presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $12.00.

Avantor Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of Avantor stock opened at $14.45 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.20, a PEG ratio of 10.91 and a beta of 0.89. Avantor, Inc. has a twelve month low of $7.26 and a twelve month high of $15.93. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $11.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.64.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. Avantor had a positive return on equity of 9.92% and a negative net margin of 8.81%.The business had revenue of $1.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.24 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Avantor has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.800-0.830 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Avantor, Inc. will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current year.

About Avantor

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.