AVNTAvient Corporation

$37.79+10% 1Y

Is it safe?

Good

Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet and clean books.

2 good, 3 neutral, 1 without data
SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality5 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAderived · Jun 30, 2026

Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk37% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -77% · now 18% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitymiddle of the market
Max drawdownbehind 69% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can AVNT take a bad year?

Avient Corporation carries $1.45B of net debt at 2.87× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$1.45B

Net debt · as at Q2 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA
2.87×

Net debt / EBITDA · 3.50× a year ago · the load is coming down

Altman Z-score
1.76

Altman Z-score · distress zone, below 1.8

Debt / equity
0.77×

Debt / equity

Details›
Total debtQ2 2026
$1.88B
Cash and short-term investments
$426M
Net debt
$1.45B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$505M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$315M
Debt / equity
0.77×
Total debt / EBITDA
3.71×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
37%
Worst drawdown on file
−77%
Below its 52-week high
18%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.