Avantor Inc (AVTR) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Avantor Inc stock $9.32, price $15.47, that is 39.8% below the price, quality 49 out of 100. Rating: strongly overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 8 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Avantor Inc
AVTR · USOur calculation puts a fair price 40% below what the stock costs today.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 4, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $7.41 – $44.01 · fair‑value band $3.25 – $17.61 · the $15.47 price screens above the $9.32 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 4, 2026.
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Company profile
Avantor, Inc. engages in the provision of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
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The company offers materials and consumables, such as purity chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies, formulated silicone materials, customized excipients, customized single-use assemblies, process chromatography resins and columns, analytical sample prep kits, education and microbiology products, clinical trial kits, and fluid handling tips.
It also provides equipment and instrumentation products, including filtration systems, virus inactivation systems, incubators, analytical instruments, evaporators, ultra-low-temperature freezers, biological safety cabinets, peristaltic pumps, and critical environment supplies.
In addition, the company offers services and specialty procurements comprising onsite lab and production, equipment, procurement and sourcing, and biopharmaceutical material scale-up and development services.
Further, it provides scientific research support services, such as DNA extraction, bioreactor servicing, clinical and biorepository, compound management, cleanroom control, monitoring, maintenance, and sanitization services.
The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Stock analysis
Avantor Inc (AVTR) currently trades at $15.47, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $9.32, 40% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth DCF group reads highest at a median of $13.19 per share, and 2 of the 8 models we run sit above the $15.47 price.
Bear case: the Multiples group reads lowest at $4.21, and 6 of the 8 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: $3.25 (bear) to $17.61 (bull), the price of $15.47 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 49/100 (below-average quality), in the Healthcare sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
Avantor Inc reported revenue of $6.6B in FY2025 versus $7.4B in FY2021, a compound −3.0%/yr. Reported net income was −$530M in FY2025.
Key figures
Market cap $10.5B Large · P/E ratio 30.9 · P/S ratio 1.58 · EPS (TTM) $0.5000 · Net margin 5.1% · Return on equity 5.9% · Return on assets (EBIT) 5.5% (5-year average) · Operating margin 8.2%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 32 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The last reported earnings sit well below what analysts expect (earnings in transition, for example after write-downs or an earnings dip); whether the stock is cheap or expensive hinges on the expected recovery actually arriving. Read the fair value with that caveat.
The share trades about 11% below its 52-week high and 109% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Healthcare peers we cover trades at −44% fair-value upside, at −40%, AVTR screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
All 8 models by family
Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Insider trades
In the last 6 months, no officer or director bought or sold shares on the open market.
- BuyGregory T LucierDirector2× since Feb 19, 2026: 60,000 shares, avg. $9.02$541,200May 8, 2026
- BuySimon DingemansDirector25,000 shares at $8.14$203,500May 1, 2026
- BuySanjeev K MehraDirector2× since Dec 5, 2025: 475,000 shares, avg. $10.28$4.9MMar 10, 2026
- BuyGregory L SummeDirector100,000 shares at $9.40$940,000Feb 12, 2026
- BuyEmmanuel LignerPresident and CEO, Director87,500 shares at $11.35$993,125Nov 17, 2025
Plus 8 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Source: SEC Form 4, as of Nov 6, 2026. All filings at the SEC ↗
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
AVTR screens overvalued: fair value 40% below the price. Compare with Intuitive Surgical, Inc →
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Compare Avantor Inc with another stock
Price, fair value, quality and upside side by side.
Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Medical Instruments & Supplies · 181 stocks
Valuation Multiplesvs Medical Instruments & Supplies median · lower = cheaper
Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
Context: sector, industry, market
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| Solventum Corporation SOLV | $90.38 | $131.27 | +45% | vs AVTR |
| EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme EL | €193.80 | €196.22 | +1% | vs AVTR |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc ISRG | $452.80 | $353.90 | −22% | vs AVTR |
| Medline Inc MDLN | $39.64 | $28.59 | −28% | vs AVTR |
| Alcon Inc ALC | CHF 61.30 | CHF 34.06 | −44% | vs AVTR |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX | $211.88 | $97.80 | −54% | vs AVTR |
| Straumann Holding STMN | CHF 104.50 | CHF 45.50 | −56% | vs AVTR |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc WST | $399.81 | $139.22 | −65% | vs AVTR |
| Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A DIM | €225.80 | €54.82 | −76% | vs AVTR |
| Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft SRT | €227.00 | €42.50 | −81% | vs AVTR |
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