Buyback yield (TTM)
0.12%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.11%
5Y share count change
1.3%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$4.10M
Cumulative buybacks
$1.03B
Key takeaways
- Avient (AVNT) repurchased about $4.10M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 1.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.47× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -28.8% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 4% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Avient (AVNT)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Avient (AVNT)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Avient (AVNT)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Avient (AVNT)
Latest: $4.10M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Avient (AVNT) reported buyback spend of $4.10M – plunged 35.9% year-over-year.
Avient buyback spend has contracted on net over the period, with a -28.8% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Avient buyback spend plunged from $233.20M in 2014 to $4.10M in 2025, a 98.2% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $233.20M in 2014 and its low of $0.00 in 1999.
Avient Buyback Spend 2025: $4.10M
Avient buyback spend in 2025 was $4.10M, plunged 35.9% below 2024.
Avient Buyback Spend 2024: $6.40M
2024's buyback spend for Avient came in at $6.40M, surged 88.2% from 2023.
Avient Buyback Spend 2023: $3.40M
Avient posted buyback spend of $3.40M in 2023, plunged 90.7% below 2022.
Avient Buyback Spend 2022: $36.40M
In 2022, Avient reported buyback spend of $36.40M, surged 766.7% from 2021.
Avient Buyback Spend 2021: $4.20M
Avient buyback spend in 2021 was $4.20M.
See more financial history for Avient (AVNT).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $4.10M | $9.10M | −$5.00M | 0.14% | 0.09B | -0.2% | |
| 2024 | $6.40M | $15.40M | −$9.00M | 0.17% | 0.09B | +0.2% | |
| 2023 | $3.40M | $13.20M | −$9.80M | 0.09% | 0.09B | -0.4% | |
| 2022 | $36.40M | $13.20M | $23.20M | 1.18% | 0.09B | +0.1% | |
| 2021 | $4.20M | $11.20M | −$7.00M | 0.08% | 0.09B | +1.7% | |
| 2020 | $22.40M | $11.30M | $11.10M | 0.61% | 0.09B | +16.6% | |
| 2019 | $26.90M | $12.30M | $14.60M | 0.95% | 0.08B | -3.4% | |
| 2018 | $123.00M | $10.90M | $112.10M | 5.47% | 0.08B | -2.1% | |
| 2017 | $70.70M | $10.20M | $60.50M | 2.01% | 0.08B | -3.0% | |
| 2016 | $86.20M | $8.40M | $77.80M | 3.24% | 0.08B | -4.6% | |
| 2015 | $156.10M | $9.10M | $147.00M | 5.73% | 0.09B | -5.1% | |
| 2014 | $233.20M | $14.20M | $219.00M | 6.93% | 0.09B | -3.1% | |
| 2013 | $131.60M | $16.50M | $115.10M | 3.89% | 0.10B | +7.5% | |
| 2012 | $15.90M | $10.40M | $5.50M | 0.87% | 0.09B | -4.8% | |
| 2011 | $73.60M | $5.40M | $68.20M | 7.15% | 0.09B | -1.8% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $4.40M | −$4.40M | — | 0.10B | +2.8% | |
| 2009 | $8.90M | $2.60M | $6.30M | 1.29% | 0.09B | +0.8% | |
| 2008 | $8.90M | $3.00M | $5.90M | 3.07% | 0.09B | -0.4% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $4.30M | −$4.30M | — | 0.09B | +0.3% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +0.9% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +0.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +0.9% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | -1.2% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +1.9% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +45.8% | |
| 2000 | $18.70M | $0.00 | $18.70M | — | 0.06B | +27.6% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | — |
- 2025$4.10M
- 2024$6.40M
- 2023$3.40M
- 2022$36.40M
- 2021$4.20M
- 2020$22.40M
- 2019$26.90M
- 2018$123.00M
- 2017$70.70M
- 2016$86.20M
- 2015$156.10M
- 2014$233.20M
- 2013$131.60M
- 2012$15.90M
- 2011$73.60M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$8.90M
- 2008$8.90M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$18.70M
- 1999$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Avient (AVNT)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.47×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Avient (AVNT)
How Avient splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Avient, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $4.60B | |
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| $0.00 |
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $105.80M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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