---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001122976-26-000123"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNT"
cik: "0001122976"
company_name: "AVIENT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-06T10:01:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-06T10:11:34.979833+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avient Q2 adjusted EPS $0.96 beats guidance; raises FY2026 EPS guidance to $3.10-$3.25

## Summary
- Sales $917M, +5.8% YoY; organic +4.3%; GAAP EPS $0.70 vs $0.57.
- Adjusted EPS $0.96 vs $0.80 (+20%), beat guidance of $0.89.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin record 18.3%, +110 bps.
- FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $3.10-$3.25 from $2.93-$3.17; adjusted EBITDA guidance $575-$603M.
- Repaid $50M debt in Q2; expect $100-$150M total debt repayment in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001122976-26-000123
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNT
- cik: 0001122976
- company_name: AVIENT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-06T10:01:30+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000123/0001122976-26-000123-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122976/000112297626000123/avnt-20260630x8k.htm

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