AVY vs. IEX, ZBRA, PKG, TS, NDSN, AMCR, HUBB, BALL, CNHI, and SWK
Should you be buying Avery Dennison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avery Dennison include IDEX (IEX), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Tenaris (TS), Nordson (NDSN), Amcor (AMCR), Hubbell (HUBB), Ball (BALL), CNH Industrial (CNHI), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 3 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Avery Dennison and 10 mentions for IDEX. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.67 indicating that Avery Dennison is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IDEX has a net margin of 17.89% compared to IDEX's net margin of 6.56%. IDEX's return on equity of 32.59% beat Avery Dennison's return on equity.
IDEX received 47 more outperform votes than Avery Dennison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.40% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote while only 57.30% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote.
IDEX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avery Dennison. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avery Dennison, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDEX currently has a consensus target price of $250.71, suggesting a potential upside of 15.80%. Avery Dennison has a consensus target price of $228.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. Given Avery Dennison's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IDEX has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avery Dennison pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IDEX has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Avery Dennison has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Summary
IDEX beats Avery Dennison on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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