Avient Corporation · NYSE:AVNT
Avient — Investor Presentation (September 2026)
29 slides from Avient's investor presentation, September 2026
Slide 1: Avient Corporation Investor Presentation September 2026
Avient Corporation AVNT Investor Presentation SEPTEMBER 2026
Slide 2: Forward-looking statements
Forward-looking statements Certain statements contained in or incorporated by reference into this presentation constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of futu
Slide 3: Avient at a glance
Avient at a glance... BUSINESS SEGMENTS Color, Additives and Inks Latin America REGIONS C AI 62% 6% Asia 18% US & 40% Canada $3.3B $2.82 36% 38% $545M 16.7% SEM Specialty Engineered Materials Europe, Middle East and Africa DIVERSE END MARKETS Packaging Consumer Healthcare Defense Building and Indust
Slide 4: Our business segments
Our business segments CAI SEM Color, Additives and Inks Specialty Engineered Materials $2.0B NET SALES $1.2B NET SALES A global leader in customized color and High-performance polymer materials, advanced composites performance enhancing additives for polymers and fibers that push the boundaries of w
Slide 5: Systematic value creation year-after-year
Systematic value creation year-after-year Adj. EBITDA Adj. EPS Adj. ROIC Net leverage 603 $3.25 9.6% 3.1x 575 $3.10 3.0x >17% $2.82 9.0% 545 $2.66 16.7% 2.6x 526 8.6% 2.4x 16.2% $2.36 8.3% 2.2x 502 16.0% 7.7% 2023 2024 2025 2026 2023 2024 2025 2026 2023 2024 2025 2026 2023 2024 2025 2026 guided rang
Slide 6: Why invest in Avient?
Why invest in Avient ? Building a stronger company, positioned for long-term growth with early execution yielding results Clear visibility to • Productivity & organization simplification • Profitable mix MARGIN EXPANSION • Innovation Portfolio positioned for • Growth vectors aligned to high growth A
Slide 7: Our purpose and strategic framework
Our purpose and strategic framework Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All Rights Reserved 7
Slide 8: Strategic approach to drive sustainable growth
Strategic approach to drive sustainable growth Avient sales growth ► Prioritizing 2 Portfolios in high growth markets ► differently grow faster than core – building GROWING sizeable businesses of scale rapidly AT BUILD NEW PLATFORMS OF SCALE GROWING ► Creating “space” AT 1 Core grows above macro and
Slide 9: Intersecting secular trends and high growth markets with our technologies
Intersecting secular trends and high growth markets with our technologies to create product platforms of scale SECULAR TRENDS Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All Rights Reserved 9
Slide 10: Long-term financial targets
Long-term financial targets Organic revenue growth with adj. EBITDA margin expansion +100 to +200bps above GDP 20% + Organic revenue growth Adjusted EBITDA Margin Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All Rights Reserved 10
Slide 11: Pathway to 20%+ adjusted EBITDA margins
Pathway to 20%+ adjusted EBITDA margins Avient margin expansion Schematic illustration only 1 Productivity • Manufacturing & sourcing efficiencies +400bps • Footprint optimization margin expansion 20%+ +2% • Digital technologies Strategic objective 2 +1% Operating Mix • Increased sales in higher mar
Slide 12: Disciplined capital allocation
Disciplined capital allocation Expected annual spend between 3-5% of revenue to 1 Capex support investment in organic growth 2 Dividends Increasing with underlying earnings growth 3 Debt pay down Target net debt to adjusted EBITDA less than 2.5x 4 Share repurchases Opportunistic buy backs Complement
Slide 13: Recent Innovation Highlights
Recent Innovation Highlights
Slide 14: Innovative materials advancing autonomous technologies
Innovative materials advancing autonomous technologies Avient launches PREPERM low-loss dielectric thermoplastics PREPERM low-loss dielectric thermoplastics are high-performance alternatives to conventional glass-fiber-reinforced materials with applications in... 1 2 3 Industrial robots / Forward an
Slide 15: Innovative solutions for Electronics and High-performance computing
Innovative solutions for Electronics and High-performance computing • Building platform of scale around secular trends of Electronics & HPC • Solutions for semiconductor fabs, high speed connectivity and compact, fail-safe power delivery • Working with industry leaders to power the future of electro
Slide 16: Innovation and investments in growth vectors
Innovation and investments in growth vectors Dyneema Non-PFAS materials solutions process innovation GlideTech Cesa polymer processing aids Dyneema • Expanding portfolio of healthcare solutions • Non-PFAS, polymer processing aids for with new non-PFAS and non-silicone lubricious polyolefin films use
Slide 17: Q2 2026 Webcast highlights
# Q2 2026 Webcast highlights
Slide 18: Financial performance and results
Financial performance and results June Q2 2026 vs. Q2 2025 June YTD 2026 vs. June YTD 2025 Q2 2026 YTD 2026 results ORGANIC FX AS results ORGANIC FX AS (excludes impact of REPORTED (excludes impact of REPORTED foreign exchange) foreign exchange) Sales 917M 4.3% 1.5% 5.8% 1,764M 1.2% 3.0% 4.2% Adj. E
Slide 19: Color, Additives & Inks – Q2 2026 performance
Color, Additives & Inks – Q2 2026 performance Sales Adj. EBITDA • Organic sales increase primarily +7% +10% driven by pricing and demand in +5% +9% Packaging as well as Building & 125 Construction 574 • Operating leverage from revenue 113 growth, improved mix, and 539 productivity actions drives 80
Slide 20: Specialty Engineered Materials – Q2 2026 performance
Specialty Engineered Materials – Q2 2026 performance Sales Adj. EBITDA • Organic sales growth primarily +4% +21% driven by Electronics and High- +3% +20% Performance Computing 344 76 applications and US Building & Construction applications supporting commercial infrastructure investments 330 63 • De
Slide 21: Q2 2026 organic revenue growth - by region
Q2 2026 organic revenue growth - by region US & Europe, Middle Asia Latin Avient Canada East & Africa America global Year-over-year revenue growth SEQUENTIAL REVENUE GROWTH (quarter-over-quarter) All growth rates above exclude the impact of foreign exchange Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All
Slide 22: 2026 Guidance
2026 Guidance
Slide 23: Updated 2026 financial guidance
Updated 2026 financial guidance PRIOR GUIDANCE UPDATED TO... FULL YEAR OUTLOOK REVENUE Mid single digits Adj. GROWTH EBITDA $555M to $585M 575M 603M as reported +2% to +7% growth yoy +6% to +11% growth yoy $120M to $130M CAPEX Supporting investments in growth vectors Adj. EPS $2.93 to $3.17 3.10 3.2
Slide 24: Appendix
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Slide 25: Avient 2025 sales
Avient 2025 sales BUSINESS SEGMENTS END MARKETS REGIONS C AI Telecom Latin America Energy US & Defense Canada 62% 4% 3% Packaging 6% Asia 40% 8% 23% 18% Healthcare 9% Building & 10% construction 18% Consumer 11% 38% Transportation 14% 36% SEM Industrial Europe, Middle East and Africa Copyright © 202
Slide 26: Color, Additives & Inks
Color, Additives & Inks END MARKETS REGIONS Energy 1% Telecom 1% Latin America Transportation 8% 10% Healthcare US & Canada 9% Packaging 33% 35% Asia 20% Building & 11% Construction 15% Industrial 20% 37% Consumer Europe, Middle East and Africa Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All Rights Reser
Slide 27: Specialty Engineered Materials
Specialty Engineered Materials END MARKETS REGIONS Packaging Telecom Defense Asia 5% 7% 14% Healthcare 22% 8% Energy US & Canada 9% 52% 15% Consumer 34% Building & 9% construction 11% 14% Europe, Transportation Middle East Industrial and Africa Copyright © 2026 . Avient Corporation. All Rights Reser
Slide 28: Avient 2025 regional sales, by end market
Avient 2025 regional sales, by end market U S & C AN AD A EMEA AS I A L AT I N AM E R I C A 40% of sales 36% of sales 18% of sales 6% of sales 2% 1% 1% 3% 1% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13% 11% 6% 12% 25% 10% 33% 7% 5% 19% 5% 12% 10% 10% 20% 13% 61% 12% 13% 13% 13% 9% 15% 24% Packaging Consumer Industrial Transport
Slide 29: Raw material basket
Raw material basket Styrenic block copolymers Polypropylene Performance Nylon additives 5% 4% 16% 5% Polyethylene 8% 14% Pigments Other raw 9% materials TiO2 37% HYDROCARBON-BASED Dyestuffs ~35% of the raw material basket 2% including part of “Other raw materials” NON-HYDROCARBON are hydrocarbon-bas