Avient (AVNT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Avient (AVNT) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 5.76% for Q1 2026, up 115.0% year-over-year from 2.68% in Q1 2025, and up 47.08% quarter-over-quarter from 3.92% in Q4 2025.
Avient (AVNT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Avient (AVNT) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 5.76% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 115.0% year-over-year to 5.76%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 5.76% (up 115.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.01%, down 240.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 5.76% in Q1 2026 per AVNT's latest filing, from 3.92% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.05% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 2.97% in Q3 2023.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 5.24% across 5 years, with a median of 4.63% in 2025.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed sank 576 bps — and 2024, when it surged 268 bps.
- Avient's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.57% in 2022, then dropped by 16 bps to 3.85% in 2023, then jumped by 65 bps to 6.37% in 2024, then tumbled by 38 bps to 3.92% in 2025, then surged by 47 bps to 5.76% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows AVNT's Return on Capital Employed at 5.76% in Q1 2026, 3.92% in Q4 2025, and 4.63% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.09% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.63% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.50% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.85% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.11% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.78% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.16% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.51% |