Avient Corp

avient.com

What Do They Do?

Makes colorants, additives and inks for polymer manufacturers. Also makes engineered polymer materials and composites for designers, assemblers and processors.

How Do They Make Money?

Manufacturers buy formulated polymer materials, colorants, additives and inks; sales are counted when products ship from Avient’s facilities.

revenue

Segment	Share	Revenue	How money arrives
Color, Additives and Inks Sold outright	62% FY2022: 69%		Sold outright
Specialty Engineered Materials Sold outright	38% FY2022: 31%		Sold outright

Who Are Their Customers?

Avient sells to designers, assemblers and processors of polymers through its direct sales staff, distributors and commissioned sales agents.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 3 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 6 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025

6% of revenue

▼ −38% vs FY2024 ($329.3M, 10%)

Net income, FY2025

3% of revenue

▼ −52% vs FY2024 ($169.5M, 5%)

Free cash flow, FY2025

6% of revenue

▲ +45% vs FY2024 ($134.9M, 4%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report

Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026

Revenue: ▲ +6%; vs $866.5M in Q2 FY2025
Net income: ▲ +23%; vs $52.6M in Q2 FY2025

Color, Additives and Inks share of revenue vs 62.2% in Q2 FY2025

Aug 6, 2026 Avient raised its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance The full-year adjusted EPS range rose to $3.10 to $3.25 from previous guidance.
Apr 27, 2026 Joe Di Salvo was appointed CFO as Jamie Beggs resigned Both changes took effect June 1, 2026.

Flat. Revenue was $3.3B in FY2025, about the same as the $3.3B of FY2021.

Distribution business exit The older report says Avient sold its Distribution business; the latest report describes Color, Additives and Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials as its reportable segments.

Revenue over time

Color, Additives and Inks Specialty Engineered Materials Distribution

$5B$2.5B$0

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025

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