secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Avantor, Inc. (AVTR)
CIK:        0001722482
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-028078
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avantor Q1 net sales flat YoY; GAAP EPS $0.06, adj. EPS $0.17; reaffirms FY 2026 guidance
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- Net sales $1,581M flat YoY; organic sales down 4.1% due to FX headwind of 4.1%.
- GAAP net income $43.3M ($0.06 EPS) vs $64.5M; adjusted net income $114.0M ($0.17 adj. EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $219.4M (13.9% margin); adjusted operating income $190.6M (12.1% margin).
- VWR Distribution segment organic sales -4.8%; Bioscience & Medtech organic sales -2.0%.
- Operating cash flow $58.7M; free cash flow $25.2M; adjusted net leverage 3.3x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000162828026028078/0001628280-26-028078-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000162828026028078/avtr-20260429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-028078

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