SG Americas Securities LLC Acquires 272,093 Shares of Avantor, Inc. $AVTR

SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) by 209.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 401,969 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 272,093 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC owned 0.06% of Avantor worth $4,607,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Avantor by 119.1% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 1,189 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Avantor during the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its stake in shares of Avantor by 60.9% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,064 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Avantor by 172.1% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 2,346 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Avantor by 28.1% in the third quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 4,123 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 905 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AVTR has been the topic of several research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and set a $8.00 price objective on shares of Avantor in a report on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $10.50 target price on shares of Avantor in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $10.00 target price on Avantor in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Bank of America lowered Avantor from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $13.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Evercore set a $10.00 price target on Avantor in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $11.80.

Avantor Price Performance

Shares of AVTR stock opened at $7.77 on Thursday. Avantor, Inc. has a 52-week low of $7.26 and a 52-week high of $16.29. The stock has a market cap of $5.30 billion, a PE ratio of -9.96, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.78. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $9.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $11.18.

Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.27 EPS. The business’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. As a group, analysts forecast that Avantor, Inc. will post 1.06 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Avantor

In related news, Director Gregory L. Summe bought 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price 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 $3,760,000. This represents a 33.33% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Gregory T. Lucier bought 50,000 shares of Avantor stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of $9.16 per share, for a total transaction of $458,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 50,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $458,000. The trade was a ? increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders purchased 275,000 shares of company stock worth $2,399,250. 1.20% of the stock is owned by 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.