---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-22-000184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:47:35.078750+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor reports Q3 2022 net sales $1.86B, core organic growth 7.8%; adjusted EPS $0.34, updates FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $1.86B (+1.2% reported); core organic growth 7.8%; net income $167.0M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $384.0M, margin 20.7% (up 110 bps); diluted GAAP EPS $0.25, adjusted EPS $0.34.
- Americas +7.5% sales, Europe -11.8% (FX impact), AMEA +20.6%; core organic growth 8.8%, 4.8%, 15.1% respectively.
- FY 2022 guidance updated: organic growth 2.5-3.0% (6.0-6.5% excl COVID headwinds); adjusted EPS $1.38-$1.40.
- Operating cash flow $258.3M, free cash flow $219.3M; net leverage reduced to 3.6X from 3.9X.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-22-000184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248222000184/0001722482-22-000184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248222000184/avtr-20221028.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Avantor, Inc. reported for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $1.86 billion, net income $167.0 million, EPS $0.25.
  - Period: for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $1.86 billion
  - Net income: $167.0 million
  - EPS: $0.25
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $1.86 billion, increase of 1.2%; core organic net sales growth of 7.8% • Net income of $167.0 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $384.0 million • Diluted GAAP EPS of $0.25; adjusted EPS of $0.34
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248222000184/0001722482-22-000184-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Avantor, Inc. reported for the full year results: EPS $1.38 to $1.40 of adjusted EPS.
  - Period: for the full year
  - EPS: $1.38 to $1.40 of adjusted EPS
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: We now expect to deliver 2.5% - 3.0% organic growth (6.0% - 6.5% excluding COVID-19 headwinds) and $1.38 to $1.40 of adjusted EPS for the full year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248222000184/0001722482-22-000184-index.htm

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