R&D expense · 2011–2025

Avient R&D expense

$96.7M−2.0% · FY2025

Avient (AVNT) reported $96.7M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −2.0% year on year.

$36.4M2011$41.3M2012$52.6M2013$53.4M2014$48.9M2015$44.3M2016$45.3M2017$49.6M2018$50.6M2019$59.8M2020$83.2M2021$84.9M2022$90.3M2023$98.7M2024$96.7M2025
Avient — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$96.7M−2.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$98.7M+9.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$90.3M+6.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$84.9M+2.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$83.2M+39.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$59.8M+18.2%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$50.6M+2.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$49.6M+9.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$45.3M+2.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$44.3M−9.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$48.9M−8.4%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$53.4M+1.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$52.6M+27.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$41.3M+13.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$36.4M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +7.2%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-avient-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Avient R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/avient/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001122976-26-000039 · February 17, 2026

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