---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001122976-26-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNT"
cik: "0001122976"
company_name: "AVIENT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:24:20.747622+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avient Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.83 beats $0.81 guidance; sales up 3% to $847M

## Summary
- GAAP EPS of $0.61 vs ($0.22) prior year; adjusted EPS of $0.83 grew 9% YoY.
- Sales of $847M (+3% YoY) including 5% favorable FX; adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 20bps to 17.7%.
- Full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance maintained at $2.93-$3.17; Q2 guided at $0.89 (+11% YoY).
- Management cites productivity improvement and cost control amid Middle East and tariff uncertainties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001122976-26-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNT
- cik: 0001122976
- company_name: AVIENT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000091/0001122976-26-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000091/avnt-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001122976-26-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AVIENT CORP reported financial results for first quarter of 2026.
  - Period: first quarter of 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 7, 2026, the Registrant issued a press release, furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1, announcing earnings for the first quarter of 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000091/0001122976-26-000091-index.htm

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