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Avery DennisonAVY

Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials · Mentor, Ohio · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$182.22+0.09%After hours: $182.22 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 3.4% over 1 year
Avery Dennison over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$160Nov2026MarMayJulSep$182.22$160NovMarJul$182.22
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$13.81B
Price to earnings19.7x
Forward P/E17.6x
Dividend yield2.20%
Year to date+0.2%
One year+3.4%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorMaterials
52-week range (closes)
$153.01$197.45

Quality and valuation

How Avery Dennison compares with other materials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Avery Dennison and 4 paper & plastic packaging products & materials peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among materials companies, priced about in line with them.

Avery Dennison trades at 17.6 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.1x for the 28 materials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +5.8% vs +9.1%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 29.0% vs 27.9%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 11.5% vs 7.6%
  • Keeps less of its revenue as profit (net margin): 7.6% vs 7.8%
AVY trades at 17.6x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials peers
AMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1xAMCR11.6xSW16.3xAVY17.6xPKG20.8xIP21.4xSector median 16.1x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 20.0x earnings, AVY is cheaper than its average since Jul 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
25xAverage 21.0x2025202620.0x25xAverage 21.0x2025202620.0x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Avery Dennison's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 10.9% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.5bnQ2 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.5bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +10.9% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2510.9%Q2 ’260%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2510.9%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.1 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$369mQ2 ’26$0m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$369mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Diluted EPS was $2.67 last quarterQuarterly diluted earnings per share, $
$0$1$2Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.67Q2 ’26$0$1$2Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$2.67Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsAVYSector median
Revenue growth+5.8%+9.1%
Gross margin29.0%27.9%
Free cash flow margin11.5%7.6%
Price to earnings19.7x19.9x

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Similar companies

Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
PKGPackaging Corporation of America$256.82+0.90%+24.5%$22.88B
SWSmurfit Westrock$43.09+1.32%+11.4%$22.60B
AMCRAmcor$47.39+0.55%+13.6%$21.91B
IPInternational Paper$36.37+0.94%−7.7%$19.26B