AVY vs. AVNT, EMN, FTV, FUL, ITT, ITW, MAS, OTIS, PPG, 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), Fortive (FTV), H. B. Fuller (FUL), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Masco (MAS), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), PPG Industries (PPG), and Xylem (XYL).
Avery Dennison vs. Its Competitors
Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Avery Dennison has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.11% beat Avient's return on equity.
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 3.1%. Avery Dennison pays out 43.3% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $206.60, suggesting a potential upside of 12.75%. Avient has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 35.93%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 18 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avery Dennison and 3 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.72 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Avery Dennison beats Avient on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AVY) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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