---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-23-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:10:37.104090+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor Q2 net sales $1.74B, down 8.7%; GAAP EPS ($0.01), adjusted EPS $0.28; net loss $7.3M

## Summary
- Net sales $1.74B, core organic decline 6.5%; net loss $7.3M vs income $187.4M YoY.
- Diluted GAAP EPS ($0.01), adjusted EPS $0.28; adjusted EBITDA $343.0M, margin 19.7%.
- Americas sales $1.0256B (-11.3%); Europe $606.9M (-2.7%); AMEA $111.4M (-14.4%).
- Non-cash impairment ~$160M on Ritter assets due to high customer inventory and spending slowdown.
- Operating cash flow $168.2M; free cash flow $138.1M; repaid >$400M debt H1; upsized revolver to $975M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-23-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1722482/000172248223000156/0001722482-23-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000156/avtr-20230728.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Avantor, Inc. reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $1.74 billion, net income ($7.3) million, EPS ($0.01).
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.74 billion
  - Net income: ($7.3) million
  - EPS: ($0.01)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Act of 1933, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- Avantor® Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results • Net sales of $1.74 billion, decrease of 8.7%; core organic decline of 6.5% • Net income of ($7.3) million; Adjusted EBITDA of $343.0 million • Diluted GAAP EPS of ($0.01); adjusted EPS of $0.28 • Operating
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000156/0001722482-23-000156-index.htm

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