https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/rethinking-materials-automotive-aftermarket-parts?ind[]=6601
Historically, metal has been used to manufacture parts such as running boards, side steps, bed extenders, and mounting kits (levers, brackets).
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/rethinking-materials-automotive-aftermarket-parts?rtype[]=1164
Historically, metal has been used to manufacture parts such as running boards, side steps, bed extenders, and mounting kits (levers, brackets).
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/AVNT Q4 2021 Earnings Presentation_0.pdf
Unless otherwise stated, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS figures included in this presentation exclude the impact of special items as defined in our quarterly earnings releases.
2021 PE RF O RM AN CE
$80
$85
$0.52
$0.58
Q4 2021 PERFORMANCE
Sales Adjusted Operating Income
$997
$1,202
+ 21%
Adjusted EPS
+ 6% + 12%
(in millions) (in millions)
$308
$429
$1.93
$3.05
FULL YEAR 2021 PERFORMANCE
Sales Adjusted Operating Income
$3,783
$4,819
+ 27%
Adjusted EPS
+ 39% + 58%
(in millions) (in millions)
(1) (1) (1)
FULL YEAR 2021 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE
6
$2,043
$2,402
SEM Distribution
$226
$303
+ 18% + 34%
$1,110
$1,631
$70
$93
+ 47% + 33%
$709
$919
$94
$132
+ 30% + 40%
Full Year 2020 (Pro forma) $3,783 $308
Sustainable Solutions 147 19% 60
Healthcare 143 28% 30
Composites 58 43% 29
Growth in Asia / LATAM 107 21% 26
Other 543 30% 58
Sub-total $4,781 26% $511
Wage Inflation and Overtime (39)
Other Supply Chain Costs (15)
COVID Response Applications (22) (12)
Synergies 44
FX, Incentives, Other Employee Costs 60 (60)
Full Year 2021 $4,819 27% $429
FULL YEAR 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME
Sales Growth Rate
Operating
Income$ millions
8
Full Year 2020 (Pro forma) $ 457
Demand 135
$ millions
CAI:
Price / Mix 158
Inflation (120)
SEM:
Price / Mix 84
Inflation (65)
Distribution:
Price / Mix 318
Inflation (304)
Net Price Benefit 71
Wage Inflation and Overtime (39)
Other Supply Chain Costs (15)
COVID Response Applications (12)
Synergies 44
Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (60)
Full Year 2021 $ 581
• Demand impact driven by growth
in key focus areas: sustainable
solutions, healthcare, composites
and growth in Asia / LATAM
• Price increases more than offset
raw material and supply chain
impacts
FULL YEAR 2021 EBITDA BRIDGE
SPECIALTY EBITDA MARGIN EXPANSION
9
(1) 2018-2020 financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business
15.3% 15.2%
16.2%
17.0%
2018 2019 2020 2021
14.8%
15.2%
17.6% 17.8%
2018 2019 2020 2021
SEM
• Record margins in 2021 despite
unprecedented supply chain challenges
• Continued portfolio transformation to
high-growth end markets and
sustainable solutions
• Clariant Color synergy realization
• Investments in composites and outdoor
high performance applications drove
growth and mix improvements
• Acquisition of Clariant Color business significantly expanded
presence in healthcare, packaging and consumer end markets
• Strength of portfolio – double-digit annual EBITDA growth
since acquisition
• $54 million of synergies realized in 2021
• Acquisition completed on July 1, 2020 for $1.45 billion.
Purchase price multiple rapidly declining on strength of
business and synergy capture
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$133
$205
2019PF 2021
10
Clariant Color EBITDA Growth
Purchase Price Multiple
10.8x
7.0x
6.1x
2019PF 2021 2021 w/ Full
Synergies
11.9%
16.2%
2019PF 2021
EBITDA Margins
CLARIANT COLOR:
TRANSFORMATIONAL ACQUISITION
(1) Financial information is pro forma to include a full year of Clariant Color business
($ millions)
Initial
Synergy
Estimate
2021
Synergy
Realization
Total
Synergies
Expected
Administrative $ 18 $ 29 $ 40
Sourcing 24 20 24
Operational 18 5 21
Total Synergies $ 60 $ 54 $ 85
CLARIANT COLOR INTEGRATION &
COST SYNERGIES UPDATE
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• Integration going extremely well: synergy target increased to $85 million at December 9th Investor Day
• Relentless focus on guiding principles of safety first, employee collaboration and exceeding customer expectations
• Future revenue synergies are not part of these estimates and represent additional growth over the long term
SUSTAINABILITY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
• Revenue from sustainable solutions grew
16% in 2021 and expected to grow 8-12% in
2022 as our innovation efforts and
collaboration with customers accelerates
• Investments centered around innovation and
global sustainability megatrends
o Enabling a circular economy –
Technologies that allow for increased use of
post-consumer recycled (PCR) material and
improve recyclability of plastics
o Light-weighting – Composites and CAI
applications to reduce weight and material
requirements, which minimize energy and
carbon emissions
o Eco-Conscious – Health and human safety
applications as well as Avient’s alternative
materials to replace lead, PVC, halogens,
BPA and other less eco-friendly options
*Avient Sustainable Solutions definitions aligned with FTC 2012 Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”)
**2020 is Pro Forma to include full year of the Clariant Color business
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020PF** 2021
$405M
$455M
$550M
$790M
Revenue From Sustainable Solutions* 2016-2021
$915M
$340M
PEOPLE
C U L T U R E I S E V E R Y T H I N G
Community Service
7x Safer
than Industry Average
World-Class Safety
Leadership Development
Over $16 million
raised since 2010
Diversity & Inclusion
13
Q4 2020 $997 $80
Sustainable Solutions 23 12% 8
Healthcare 53 43% 9
Composites 7 22% 2
Growth in Asia / LATAM 14 10% 3
Other 118 23% 2
Sub-total $1,212 22% $104
Wage Inflation and Overtime (11)
Other Supply Chain Costs (4)
Synergies 9
Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (10) (13)
Q4 2021 $1,202 21% $85
Q4 2021 SALES AND OPERATING INCOME
14
Sales Growth Rate
Operating
Income$ millions
Q4 EBITDA BRIDGE
15
Price increases more than
offsets raw material and
supply chain impacts
Q4 2020 $ 118
Demand -
$ millions
CAI:
Price / Mix 62
Inflation (45)
SEM:
Price / Mix 25
Inflation (20)
Distribution:
Price / Mix 114
Inflation (109)
Net Price Benefit 27
Wage Inflation and Overtime (11)
Other Supply Chain Costs (4)
Synergies 9
Incentives, FX, Other Employee Costs (13)
Q4 2021 $ 126
Transportation (5)$
Outdoor High Performance (3)
Other 8
Total Demand -
Q4 2021 SEGMENT PERFORMANCE
16
$526
$581
SEM Distribution
$58
$61
+ 11% + 6%
$305
$425
$18
$22
+ 39% + 22%
$191
$228
$30
$29
+ 19% - 3%
2022 O U TLO O K
REVENUE GROWTH DRIVERS
Growth Drivers
Long-Term
Growth Rate
2022E
Growth Rate
Sustainable Solutions 8–12% 12%
Healthcare 8–10% 10%
Composites 10% 3%
Asia / LATAM 5% 6%
Other (GDP growth) 2–3% 2–3%
Avient 6.5% 6%
18
Excluding Outdoor High Performance 13%
(7.5% excl.
We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of
which are unique to Avient:
o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant Color
revenue synergies, that will drive long-term revenue growth in excess of GDP
o Clariant color cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit
In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and
opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/avient-updates-third-quarter-and-full-year-2022-forecast
Following the acquisition of Dyneema and divestiture of Distribution, the company expects to be modestly levered at 2.9x net debt to pro forma adjusted EBITDA, positioning us well to navigate the near term uncertainty in economic conditions," said
In this press release, statements that are not reported financial results or other historical information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-02/avient-ir-presentation-goldman-sachs-and-morgan-stanley.pdf
Unless otherwise stated, Operating Income, EBITDA and EPS figures included in this presentation are adjusted to exclude the impact of special items as defined in our quarterly earnings releases.
We are better together through:
Keeping Safety First — PolyOne and Clariant are both ACC Responsible Care® companies,
and nothing is more important than the health, safety and well-being of our people.
We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of
which are unique to Avient:
o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant
Masterbatch revenue synergies, that will drive 2021 revenue growth of 8% and long-term growth
in excess of GDP
o Clariant Masterbatch cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit
In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and
opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2025-02/News Release - AVNT-2024.12.31-News Release 2.12.25 2PM_0.pdf
Khandpur added, “In addition, our 2024 safety performance represented the safest year in
company history and evidenced that we’ll continue to build upon the many proven foundational
strengths of Avient as we execute our new strategy.”
2025 Outlook
“As we shared at our Investor Day in December, we laid out a path to grow organic sales 100 –
200 basis points above GDP with margin expansion by intersecting high growth markets and
secular trends with our technologies to create platforms that scale,” said Jamie Beggs, Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avient Corporation.
A recording of the webcast and the slide presentation will be available at
avient.com/investors/events-presentations immediately following the conference call and will be
accessible for one year.
Visit www.avient.com to learn more.
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Forward-looking Statements
In this press release, statements that are not reported financial results or other historical
information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/avient-q4-earnings-and-2021-outlook-website.pdf
Unless otherwise stated, Operating Income, EBITDA and EPS figures included in this presentation are adjusted to exclude the impact of special items as defined in our quarterly earnings releases
That’s Avient.
21,000+
CUSTOMERS
>75%
ARE CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS
TO UNIQUE SPECIFICATIONS
of
sales
18
AVIENT’S VALUE CREATION LEVERS
19
Exposure to high growth end markets
Investment in commercial resources and innovation
Strong free cash flow generation / capital deployment
Clariant Masterbatch synergies
COVID recovery
Re-Rating: Current share price valuation
Avient is poised for near-term and long-term
shareholder value creation.
20
• 8% increase in sales drives 24% increase in adjusted EPS to $2.40
($2.70 excluding step-up depreciation and amortization) as a result of
continued growth in sustainable solutions and synergy capture
• Clariant synergy capture ahead of schedule: $35M of savings planned from
Clariant Masterbatch acquisition
• Adjusted EBITDA of $510M – highest level in company history
• Deleveraging ahead of schedule – 2.1x net debt to adjusted EBITDA by the
end of 2021
2021 PROJECTIONS
PEER COMPARISONS
21
As a specialty formulator, we don’t
require significant capital
investment, as compared to the
base resin raw material suppliers
we purchase from.
We will deliver for our stakeholders through multiple value creation levers—many of
which are unique to Avient:
o Demand for sustainable solutions, healthcare, and composites, together with Clariant
Masterbatch revenue synergies, that will drive 2021 revenue growth of 8% and long-term growth
in excess of GDP
o Clariant Masterbatch cost synergy capture will result in significant near-term benefit
In addition, we remain committed to increasing annual dividends in line with earnings growth and
opportunistically buying back shares, all while remaining modestly levered.
https://www.avient.com/full-year-2024-results
Earnings webcast recording, slide presentation, and press release available at https://www.avient.com/investors/events-presentations.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-02/AVNT Q4 2023 Earnings Press Release.pdf
News Release - AVNT-2023.12.31-News Release
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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Avient Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results
• Fourth quarter and full year GAAP EPS of $0.30 and $0.83 compared to $(0.19) and
$0.90 from continuing operations in the prior year
• Fourth quarter and full year adjusted EPS of $0.52 and $2.36 exceeds guidance of $0.47
and $2.30 as a result of favorable sales as well as lower net interest expense
• Fourth quarter adjusted EPS increased 24% over the prior year pro forma adjusted EPS
primarily driven by improved margins from positive portfolio mix, raw material deflation
and cost reduction actions
• 2024 full year adjusted EPS expected to range from $2.40 to $2.65 as destocking comes
to an end and underlying demand starts to improve
CLEVELAND – February 14, 2024 – Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), a leading provider of
specialized and sustainable materials solutions, today announced its fourth quarter and full year
results for 2023.
A recording of the webcast and the slide presentation will be available at
avient.com/investors/events-presentations immediately following the conference call and will be
accessible for one year.
NEWS RELEASE
Attachment 1
https://www.avient.com/resources/safety-data-sheets?page=4337
ORANGE LEVER
Safety Data Sheets
Substance Safety Summaries