Avantor Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director MEHRA SANJEEV K acquired Company’s shares for reported $3.88 million on Dec 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $11.09 per share,350,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, MEHRA SANJEEV K now holds 350,000 shares worth roughly $4.26 million.
Then, Ligner Emmanuel bought 87,500 shares, generating $993,125 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $11.35, the President and CEO now owns 283,424 shares.
Before that, Todd Edwards bought 29,131 shares. Avantor Inc shares valued at $732,926 were divested by the officer at a price of $25.16 per share.
Evercore ISI downgraded its Avantor Inc [AVTR] rating to an In-line from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “a Hold” to “an Underperform”. BofA Securities also remained covering AVTR and has decreased its forecast on December 15, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on November 04, 2025. It rated AVTR as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of AVTR
On Friday, Avantor Inc [NYSE:AVTR] saw its stock jump 1.16% to $12.16. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.01%. Avantor Inc shares have fallen nearly -44.12% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 6.11% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Avantor Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Avantor Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -2.06 million shares to a total of 28.02 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 30.08 million shares. There was a decline of -7.35%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
