AMCR vs. AVY, SEE, SON, TY, GAM, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, and VKQ
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include Avery Dennison (AVY), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), Tri Continental (TY), General American Investors (GAM), Inv Vk Mun Opp (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), and Inv Vk Mun Tr (VKQ).
Amcor vs. Its Competitors
Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Amcor has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avery Dennison has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Amcor's net margin of 3.40%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.14% beat Amcor's return on equity.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Amcor pays out 141.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avery Dennison pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Avery Dennison has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Amcor currently has a consensus target price of $11.42, indicating a potential upside of 38.05%. Avery Dennison has a consensus target price of $197.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.93%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amcor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Amcor had 1 more articles in the media than Avery Dennison. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Amcor and 14 mentions for Avery Dennison. Amcor's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Avery Dennison's score of 1.29 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avery Dennison has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amcor. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avery Dennison beats Amcor on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AMCR) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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