AVANT BRANDS INC (AVNT.CA) Stock Fundamental Analysis

Canada - Toronto Stock Exchange - TSX:AVNT - CA05353D2023 - Common Stock

0.91 CAD

+0.07 (+8.33%)

Last: 1/23/2026, 7:00:00 PM

Fundamental Rating

AVNT gets a fundamental rating of 2 out of 10. The analysis compared the fundamentals against 34 industry peers in the Pharmaceuticals industry. AVNT has a bad profitability rating. Also its financial health evaluation is rather negative. AVNT is valued expensive and it does not seem to be growing.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year AVNT has reported negative net income.
In the past year AVNT had a positive cash flow from operations.
AVNT had negative earnings in each of the past 5 years.
The reported operating cash flow has been mixed in the past 5 years: AVNT reported negative operating cash flow in multiple years.

1.2 Ratios

Looking at the Return On Assets, with a value of -40.53%, AVNT is doing worse than 72.73% of the companies in the same industry.
With a Return On Equity value of -74.11%, AVNT is not doing good in the industry: 66.67% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.
AVNT has a better Return On Invested Capital (1.44%) than 66.67% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-40.53%
ROE	-74.11%
ROIC	1.44%

ROA(3y)-18.44%

ROA(5y)-20.49%

ROE(3y)-32.03%

ROE(5y)-31.07%

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

AVNT has a Operating Margin of 1.99%. This is in the better half of the industry: AVNT outperforms 69.70% of its industry peers.
With a Gross Margin value of 30.58%, AVNT perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 48.48% of the companies in the same industry.
In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of AVNT has remained more or less at the same level.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	1.99%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	30.58%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-1.97%

GM growth 5Y-0.04%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

With a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) below the Cost of Capital (WACC), AVNT is destroying value.
AVNT has more shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.
AVNT has less shares outstanding than it did 5 years ago.
AVNT has a worse debt/assets ratio than last year.

2.2 Solvency

Based on the Altman-Z score of -1.42, we must say that AVNT is in the distress zone and has some risk of bankruptcy.
AVNT's Altman-Z score of -1.42 is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. AVNT is outperformed by 60.61% of its industry peers.
The Debt to FCF ratio of AVNT is 6.46, which is on the high side as it means it would take AVNT, 6.46 years of fcf income to pay off all of its debts.
With a decent Debt to FCF ratio value of 6.46, AVNT is doing good in the industry, outperforming 72.73% of the companies in the same industry.
AVNT has a Debt/Equity ratio of 0.38. This is a healthy value indicating a solid balance between debt and equity.
AVNT's Debt to Equity ratio of 0.38 is in line compared to the rest of the industry. AVNT outperforms 45.45% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.38
Debt/FCF	6.46
Altman-Z	-1.42

ROIC/WACC0.19

WACC7.73%

2.3 Liquidity

AVNT has a Current Ratio of 1.63. This is a normal value and indicates that AVNT is financially healthy and should not expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
AVNT's Current ratio of 1.63 is in line compared to the rest of the industry. AVNT outperforms 51.52% of its industry peers.
AVNT has a Quick Ratio of 1.63. This is a bad value and indicates that AVNT is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
The Quick ratio of AVNT (0.85) is worse than 66.67% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.63
Quick Ratio	0.85

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

AVNT shows a strong negative growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year the EPS decreased by -22.18%.
The Revenue has grown by 26.36% in the past year. This is a very strong growth!
Measured over the past years, AVNT shows a very strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been growing by 72.25% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-22.18%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%40.18%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)26.36%

Revenue growth 3Y55.63%

Revenue growth 5Y72.25%

Sales Q2Q%11.19%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

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EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

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Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

AVNT reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio of AVNT indicates a rather cheap valuation: AVNT is cheaper than 90.91% of the companies listed in the same industry.
AVNT's Price/Free Cash Flow ratio is rather cheap when compared to the industry. AVNT is cheaper than 93.94% of the companies in the same industry.