Avient (Avient) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $546 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Avient's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($528.70 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($439.60 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 ($439.60 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($545.80 Mil).

Avient's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($601.20 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($641.10 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($641.10 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($545.80 Mil).

Avient Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avient's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Avient Annual Data

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Dec21

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Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

864.70

649.50

601.20

641.10

545.80

Avient Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																641.10	582.70	528.70	439.60	545.80

Avient Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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Avient (Avient) Business Description

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Address

33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, OH, USA, 44012

Website

https://www.avient.com

Avient Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemical and plastic-based products to designers and processors of plastics. The firm operates in three segments: Specialty Engineered Materials; Distribution; and Color, Additives, & Ink. The company's product portfolio includes concentrated color and ink blends, plastic resins, and various specialized polymer materials used in industries such as food packaging, construction, transportation, cosmetics, and healthcare. The color, additives, & ink segment and the distribution segment together generate a vast majority of revenue. More than half of the total revenue is derived from the United States.

Executives

Robert M Patterson	director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Joel R. Rathbun	officer: SVP, Mergers & Acquisitions	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Kristen Gajewski	officer: SVP & CHRO	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Lisa K. Kunkle	officer: SVP Gnrl Counsel & Secretary	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Neil Green	director	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Ernest Nicolas	director	1201 S. 2ND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Michael A Garratt	officer: SVP, Chief Commercial Officer	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Robert Vinod Purayath	officer: SVP & Chief Technology Officer	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Jamie A. Beggs	officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Cathy Dodd	officer: SVP, Chief Commercial Officer	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
J Scott Horn	officer: SVP, President Distribution	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Richard H Fearon	director	1239 GERBING ROAD, AMELIA ISLAND FL 32034
Midea M. John Jr.	officer: SVP, Glbl Ops & Process Imprv	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Woon Keat Moh	officer: SVP, President of CAI	33587 WALKER ROAD, AVON LAKE OH 44012
Patricia Verduin	director	ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102