Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Avantor Inc shares valued at $375,000 were purchased by SUMME GREGORY L on May 23 ’25. At $12.50 per share, SUMME GREGORY L acquired 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 100,000 shares worth approximately $1.36 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SUMME GREGORY L purchased 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 253,000 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $12.65 each, the insider now holds 70,000 shares.
Before that, SUMME GREGORY L had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $300,000, the Director bought Avantor Inc shares for $12.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 25,000 shares, worth approximately $0.68 million.
As published in a research note from Goldman on April 29, 2025, Avantor Inc [AVTR] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $14. Analysts at TD Cowen downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late April. As of April 28, 2025, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for AVTR. Earlier on April 28, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for AVTR stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing AVTR Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Avantor Inc [NYSE: AVTR] rose 0.89% to $13.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $13.05, but it reached a high of $13.735 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.27%. Over the course of the year, Avantor Inc shares have dropped approximately -38.61%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $23.32 on 01/28/25 and a 52-week low of $11.82 on 05/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Avantor Inc (AVTR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 13.18, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 12.77. In the upper region, resistance lies at 13.86. The next price resistance is at 14.14. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.58 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Avantor Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Avantor Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.21 million shares to 34.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 34.95 million shares. A decline of -0.59% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.8.
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In terms of Avantor Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 24.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 82.02% from the previous closing price of $13.46. Analysts anticipate Avantor Inc stock to reach 26 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 15. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Avantor Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 17, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $25.
