Avery Dennison (AVY) Competitors

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

Is AVNT or AVY a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Avient pays out 84.4% 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. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Avery Dennison has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVNT or AVY?

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AVNT or AVY?

In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 17 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Avery Dennison and 4 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Avery Dennison's score of 1.31 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Avery Dennison	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVNT or AVY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.24B	1.00	$169.50M	$1.28	27.74
Avery Dennison	$8.76B	1.56	$704.90M	$8.91	19.61

Do analysts rate AVNT or AVY?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 28.41%. Avery Dennison has a consensus price target of $197.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.10%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Avery Dennison.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNT or AVY?

Avient has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVNT or AVY more profitable?

Avery Dennison has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.65%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.14% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
Avery Dennison	8.14%	33.14%	8.91%

Summary

Avery Dennison beats Avient on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.