After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted Avantor® Celebrates Supplier Award Honorees at 2024 European Sales Conference.
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Stocks Info
AVTR belongs to the Basic Materials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Chemicals industry. The current market capitalization of Avantor Inc. is $16.59B. A total of 3.66 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 7.13M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, AVTR has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 14 BUYs and 17 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 232,601 shares during that period but sold 283,229.
In the most recent transaction, Eck Steven W sold 7,577 shares of AVTR for 20.64 per share on Sep 07. After the transaction, the SVP & Chief Accounting Officer now owns 28,187 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 25, Vanderhaegen Frederic sold 25,000 shares at 21.47 per share. AVTR shares that EVP, Americas and Europe owns now total 160,735.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Couturier Christophe disposed of 1,498 shares on Apr 11 at a per-share price of $21.18. This resulted in the EVP, AMEA holding 98,650 shares of AVTR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Brophy Gerard sold 3,914 shares at $25.00 per share on Mar 03. Company shares held by the EVP, Biopharma Production now total 108,715.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for AVTR in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $26.94 with high estimates of $30.00 and low estimates of $22.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AVTR has a high of $25.25 and a low of $16.63.
As of this writing, AVTR has an earnings estimate of $0.2 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 18 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.23 per share and a lower estimate of $0.19.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AVTR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $301.70M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $7.02B in debt and $1.45B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $7.76, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $4.20B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AVTR is Buy with a score of 4.42.
