5 Best Stocks For Beginners With Little Money

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5. Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 51

Share Price as of October 26: $20.99

Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) is a Pennsylvania-based company that provides materials, equipment, and consumables to customers in biopharma, healthcare, education, government, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) is one of the top stocks for beginners. 

On October 5, Citi analyst Patrick Donnelly upgraded Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) to Buy from Neutral with an unchanged price target of $28. The analyst said there is a “valuation disconnect” following the stock’s “significant underperformance.” He sees a “potential clearing event” for the stock if the management sets a “more appropriate floor” for fiscal 2023 organic revenue growth guidance on the lower end of the firm’s long-term 4%-6% organic growth target.

Among the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey, 51 funds reported owning stakes worth $2.08 billion in Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) at the end of June 2022, compared to 57 funds in the earlier quarter worth $2.16 billion. Robert Pohly’s Samlyn Capital is the leading position holder in the company, with 7.75 million shares valued at $241 million. 

Here is what ClearBridge SMID Cap Growth Strategy has to say about Avantor, Inc. (NYSE:AVTR) in its Q3 2021 investor letter:

“Avantor, which distributes proprietary, higher-margin consumables products to life science research companies, has benefited from accretive research & development as well as paying down debt, which has contributed to increased margins and strong stock performance.”