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$177.70 -0.75 (-0.42%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AVY vs. AVNT, EMN, FUL, GGG, ITT, ITW, MAS, PPG, RPM, and XYL

Should you be buying Avery Dennison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avery Dennison include Avient (AVNT), Eastman Chemical (EMN), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Masco (MAS), PPG Industries (PPG), RPM International (RPM), and Xylem (XYL).

Avery Dennison vs. Its Competitors

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by 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.

Avery Dennison has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.14% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avery Dennison8.14% 33.14% 8.91%
Avient 3.09%10.48%4.16%

In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 18 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Avery Dennison and 12 mentions for Avient. Avery Dennison's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Avient's score of 0.44 indicating that Avery Dennison is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avery Dennison
7 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avient
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Avery Dennison has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avery Dennison$8.76B1.59$704.90M$8.9119.94
Avient$3.24B0.96$169.50M$1.0731.74

Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Avery Dennison pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 100.9% 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 has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Avery Dennison presently has a consensus price target of $197.60, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 37.80%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Avery Dennison.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avery Dennison
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Avery Dennison beats Avient on 12 of the 20 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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AVY vs. The Competition

MetricAvery DennisonCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.95B$7.58B$7.88B$21.11B
Dividend Yield2.11%3.30%4.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio19.9416.0825.5628.44
Price / Sales1.591.49101.4058.65
Price / Cash13.3610.0227.9222.92
Price / Book6.313.494.464.69
Net Income$704.90M$370.95M$795.63M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.54%4.63%1.41%1.65%
1 Month Performance1.01%5.76%5.66%4.54%
1 Year Performance-16.86%-2.33%31.95%9.99%

Avery Dennison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9014 of 5 stars
$177.70
-0.4%
$197.60
+11.2%
-15.0%$13.95B$8.76B19.9435,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AVNT
Avient
4.4855 of 5 stars
$32.98
+1.5%
$46.80
+41.9%
-24.4%$3.02B$3.24B30.829,200Upcoming Earnings
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.7689 of 5 stars
$77.47
-0.4%
$97.08
+25.3%
-19.4%$8.94B$9.38B9.8614,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.5045 of 5 stars
$59.76
-0.6%
$67.25
+12.5%
-28.9%$3.22B$3.57B32.307,500
GGG
Graco
4.4543 of 5 stars
$86.25
-0.6%
$93.00
+7.8%
+0.9%$14.42B$2.15B30.484,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5943 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+16.3%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5424 of 5 stars
$254.59
-0.2%
$255.67
+0.4%
+7.4%$74.60B$15.90B22.3944,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MAS
Masco
4.3399 of 5 stars
$65.16
-0.6%
$74.03
+13.6%
-10.7%$13.74B$7.83B17.8018,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6869 of 5 stars
$114.65
+0.1%
$131.42
+14.6%
-7.9%$26.03B$15.85B24.5546,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RPM
RPM International
3.862 of 5 stars
$110.97
-0.4%
$126.80
+14.3%
+3.6%$14.25B$7.34B22.2417,207Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
XYL
Xylem
4.7538 of 5 stars
$131.89
-0.6%
$149.29
+13.2%
-3.3%$32.10B$8.60B35.4523,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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