secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVIENT CORP (AVNT)
CIK:        0001122976
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001122976-26-000091
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000091/0001122976-26-000091-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000091/avnt-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001122976-26-000091

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