Avantor (AVTR)

• Market cap: $10.7B
• 1 day: -2.78%
• 5 days: -3.25%
• 1 month: -0.69%
• 3 months: -25.66%
• 6 months: -38.00%
• Year to date: -25.66%
• 1 year: -37.56%
• 5 years: 33.79%
• 10 years: 8.69%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Laboratory Analytical Instruments

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

0.8% more ownership

Funds ownership: 99.62% [Q3] → 100.43% (+0.8%) [Q4]

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 503 [Q3] → 477 (-26) [Q4]

18% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $17.5B [Q3] → $14.4B (-$3.09B) [Q4]

20% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 165 | Existing positions reduced: 205

23% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 79

23% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q3] → 10 (-3) [Q4]

64% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $52.6M | Put options by funds: $145M

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $18 14% upside
• Avg. target: $25 56% upside
• High target: $31 97% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 6 75%
• neutral: 2 25%
• negative: 0 0%

Citigroup Patrick Donnelly 23% 1-year accuracy 7 / 31 met price target	14% upside $18	Neutral Maintained	4 Mar 2025
Morgan Stanley Tejas Savant 21% 1-year accuracy 4 / 19 met price target	59% upside $25	Overweight Maintained	10 Feb 2025
Raymond James Andrew Cooper 13% 1-year accuracy 2 / 16 met price target	52% upside $24	Outperform Reiterated	10 Feb 2025
RBC Capital Conor McNamara 5% 1-year accuracy 2 / 37 met price target	97% upside $31	Outperform Maintained	10 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Brandon Couillard 14% 1-year accuracy 3 / 21 met price target	59% upside $25	Overweight Maintained	10 Feb 2025