We recently published an article titled Traders Heavily Dumped These 10 Firms on Monday. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) stands against the other stocks.

A lackluster trading persisted on the stock market on Monday, with Wall Street’s major indices finishing mixed, as investors continued to digest and reposition portfolios ahead of more corporate earnings results.

Among the bellwether indices, only the Nasdaq finished in the red, dropping 0.10 percent. In contrast, the Dow Jones grew by 0.28 percent, and the S&P 500 inched up by 0.06 percent.

Meanwhile, 10 companies defied a predominantly optimistic market.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2-billion market capitalization and $5-million trading volume.

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Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR)

Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) dropped its share prices by 3.40 percent on Monday to end at $12.49 each as investors soured on its chief executive’s resignation amid the dismal earnings performance and lower outlook for the year.

According to the company, its CEO, Michael Stubblefield, is set to step down from his position as soon as the company names his replacement. He led the company’s operations for 11 years.

Stubblefield said that Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) updated its full-year 2025 outlook "to reflect ongoing funding and policy-related headwinds,” with organic revenues now pegged to grow or drop by 1 percent year-on-year as compared with the 1 to 3 percent growth expectations previously.

Adjusted EBITDA, meanwhile, is anticipated to increase by 17.5 percent to 18 percent, a reduction from the 18 to 19 percent earlier projected.

Overall AVTR ranks 4th on our list of the worst performing stocks on Monday. While we acknowledge the potential of AVTR as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AVTR but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

 

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.