Avantor, Inc.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $14.58, Avantor, Inc. (AVTR) is priced for +14.5% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Roughly 53% of Avantor's revenue is product it manufactures rather than resells, and the annual report describes that half as ⟦high-purity materials and customized solutions⟧ built to ⟦demanding customer specifications and stringent regulatory and industry requirements⟧, which is the part a customer cannot swap out casually. • The reported loss is largely an accounting event rather than an operating one: a goodwill writedown of 785.0 million dollars against the distribution unit in fiscal 202
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415 institutional managers reported holding AVTR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 79 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Dodge & Cox, Vanguard Group, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 44.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (4.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
AVTR's share count grew 16% over the past five years. It pays no dividend.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at AVTR over the trailing three years: 2025: 11 buys totaling $8.76M; 2026: 3 buys totaling $2.40M. 24 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
AVTR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | -6.8% | -0.9% |
| 2023-10-28 | -8.7% | +28.0% |
| 2024-02-15 | +8.6% | +1.0% |
| 2024-04-27 | -4.8% | -11.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
AVTR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-17 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-12 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-23 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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