AMCR vs. AVY, AXTA, EMN, PPG, SEE, SON, TY, GAM, VMO, and IIM
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include Avery Dennison (AVY), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Eastman Chemical (EMN), PPG Industries (PPG), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), Tri Continental (TY), General American Investors (GAM), Inv Vk Mun Opp (VMO), and INVVLU MU INCM (IIM).
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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 2 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avery Dennison and 10 mentions for Amcor. Avery Dennison's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Amcor's score of 0.45 indicating that Avery Dennison is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avery Dennison has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Amcor's net margin of 5.99%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.11% beat Amcor's return on equity.
Amcor has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Avery Dennison. Amcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avery Dennison, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Amcor pays out 91.1% 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 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Avery Dennison has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Amcor presently has a consensus price target of $11.37, suggesting a potential upside of 15.68%. Avery Dennison has a consensus price target of $199.80, suggesting a potential upside of 9.70%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
Summary
Avery Dennison beats Amcor on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:AMCR) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
