---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-24-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:33:57.690417+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor Q1 net sales fall 5.6% to $1.68B; net income down 50% to $60M

## Summary
- Net sales $1.68B, -5.6% YoY; organic decline 6.3%. Net income $60M vs $121.5M prior year.
- Diluted GAAP EPS $0.09, adjusted EPS $0.22; Adjusted EBITDA $283M.
- Laboratory Solutions organic sales -4.5%; Bioscience Production organic -10.0%.
- Operating cash flow $142M, free cash flow $107M; FY2024 guidance reaffirmed.
- Adjusted net leverage 4.0x as of March 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-24-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+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/1722482/000172248224000100/0001722482-24-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248224000100/avtr-20240426.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001722482-24-000100.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Avantor, Inc. reported first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $1.68 billion, net income $60.4 million, EPS $0.09. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $1.68 billion
  - Net income: $60.4 million
  - EPS: $0.09
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - 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 First Quarter 2024 Results • Net sales of $1.68 billion, decrease of 5.6%; organic decline of 6.3% • Net income of $60 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $283 million • Diluted GAAP EPS of $0.09; adjusted EPS of $0.22 • Operating cash flow
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248224000100/0001722482-24-000100-index.htm

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