Avient Announces Sixteenth Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
Avient Announces Sixteenth Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
PR Newswire
CLEVELAND, Oct. 6, 2026
CLEVELAND, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials solutions, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-eight and a quarter cents ($0.2825) per share on the common stock outstanding, representing the sixteenth consecutive annual increase.
The $0.2825 per share will be paid on January 7, 2027, to stockholders of record on December 11, 2026. On an annualized basis, the dividend will increase from $1.10 to $1.13 per share on the common stock outstanding.
"We are pleased to increase our dividend for the sixteenth consecutive year," said Dr. Ashish Khandpur, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation. "Our consistent dividend growth reflects the strength of our business, our strong cash flow generation, and our commitment to returning value to shareholders through a disciplined and balanced capital allocation strategy."
About Avient
Our purpose at Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility. We harness the collective strength of 9,000 employees worldwide to collaborate and build on each other's ideas. In doing so, we innovate solutions that help our customers overcome their challenges or capitalize on opportunities provided by the fast-changing world and secular trends. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, we help create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable. Visit www.avient.com to learn more.
SOURCE Avient Corporation
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