63,333 Shares in Avantor, Inc. $AVTR Acquired by Sanctuary Advisors LLC

Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 63,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $627,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AVTR. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Avantor by 119.1% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 1,189 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Avantor during the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Avantor by 60.9% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,810 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 1,064 shares during the period. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Avantor during the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Finally, Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. acquired a new position in Avantor in the 4th quarter worth $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.08% of the company’s stock.

Avantor Stock Performance

Shares of Avantor stock opened at $14.60 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $9.87 billion, a PE ratio of -17.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.00 and a beta of 0.89. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.78. Avantor, Inc. has a 1 year low of $7.26 and a 1 year high of $15.93.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on AVTR shares. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Avantor from $8.00 to $15.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup lifted their target price on Avantor from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. UBS Group set a $8.00 price target on Avantor in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Avantor from $9.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price objective on Avantor from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.00.

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.