AVIENT CORP
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $3.64B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.4
- Dividend yield
- 2.75%
About Avient
Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers, SIC 2821
Avient Corporation develops and produces specialized materials, engineering custom formulations rather than commodity base resins. Its portfolio spans specialty engineered materials, performance fibers, advanced composites, functional additives, and liquid or silicone colorants. The company organizes its business into two primary operating segments: Color, Additives and Inks, and Specialty Engineered Materials. Its customers comprise designers, assemblers, and polymer processors across end markets including packaging, healthcare, defense, transportation, consumer goods, building and construction, telecommunications, and energy.
The enterprise operates 98 manufacturing facilities across North America, South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Avient employs approximately 9,000 workers worldwide, with staff distributed across the United States and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In addition, it maintains dedicated research and development facilities powered by about 1,100 technical personnel. The company is incorporated in Ohio and maintains its corporate headquarters in Avon Lake, Ohio.
Summary of the business section of Avient's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- AVIENT CORP
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Avon Lake, OH
- Address
- 33587 Walker Road 44012
- Phone
- (440) 930-1000
- Website
- avient.com
- Employees
- 9,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- AVNT
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Shares outstanding
- 92M, Jun 30, 2026
- Public float
- $3.00B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1122976
- CUSIP
- 05368V106
- ISIN
- US05368V1061
- LEI
- SM8L9RZYIB34LNTWO040
- EIN
- 34-1730488
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Khandpur K. Ashish | Chairman, President & CEO, Director | 62,670 |
| Salvo Giuseppe Di | SVP, Chief Financial Officer | 18,300 |
| Jamie A. Beggs | SVP & Chief Financial Officer | 51,751 |
| Aniello Rizzo | SVP, Global Supply Chain | – |
| David Nickolas Schneider | SVP, President SEM | – |
| Philip G. Clark Jr | SVP, Chief Technology Officer | 968 |
| Michael Joseph Irwin | SVP, New Bus Dev & Mktg Exc | 508 |
| Amy Sanders | SVP, Gnrl Counsel & Secretary | 1,895 |
| Kristen Gajewski | SVP & CHRO | 6,922 |
| Woon Keat Moh | SVP, President CAI | 15,871 |
| Christopher Pederson | SVP, President SEM | 29,265 |
| M. John Midea Jr. | SVP, Glbl Ops & Process Imprv | 47,633 |
| Joel R. Rathbun | SVP, Mergers & Acquisitions | 31,496 |
| Richard H. Fearon | Director | 149,115 |
| Robert E. Abernathy | Director | 41,920 |
| William A. Wulfsohn | Director | 65,591 |
| William R. Jellison | Director | 71,298 |
| Ernest Nicolas | Director | 26,907 |
| Neil Green | Director | 19,164 |
| Sandra Beach Lin | Director | 59,562 |
| Kerry J. Preete | Director | 58,328 |
| Kim Ann Mink | Director | 38,817 |
| Patricia Verduin | Director | 28,418 |
| Gregory James Goff | Director | 54,476 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Dr Ashish Khandpur | $5.82M | $3.18M | $1.41M | $88 | $100 |
| FY2024 Dr Ashish Khandpur | $6.90M | $7.14M | $2.22M | $111 | $115 |
| FY2023 Dr Ashish Khandpur | $6.55M | $7.41M | $1.93M | $110 | $125 |
| FY2023 Robert MPatterson | $8.83M | $11.37M | $1.93M | $110 | $125 |
| FY2022 Dr. Ashish Khandpur | $9.05M | $621.95K | $1.65M | $87 | $109 |
| FY2022 Robert MPatterson | $9.05M | $621.95K | $1.65M | $87 | $109 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, Avient employed approximately 9,000 people, 33% of which were located in the U.S.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings