Avery Dennison (AVY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and manufacturing company that develops and produces labeling, packaging, graphic, and functional materials. Its products are used by businesses across industries including consumer goods, retail, logistics, apparel, automotive, healthcare, and industrial manufacturing.

The company’s offerings include pressure-sensitive labels and label materials, adhesives, industrial and specialty tapes, graphic films, and packaging materials. Avery Dennison also provides radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, apparel branding and labeling solutions, and digital identification technologies designed to improve product visibility, authentication, and supply-chain management.

Founded in 1935 by R. Stanton Avery, the company has expanded from its early pressure-sensitive labeling business into a global enterprise serving customers across North America, Europe, Asia, and other international markets. Avery Dennison was formed in its current corporate structure following the 1990 acquisition of Dennison Manufacturing Company.

Deon Stander has served as Avery Dennison’s president and chief executive officer since 2023. The company is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $177.12 to $179.20
• 50-Day Range: $166.86 to $183.79
• 52-Week Range: $152.42 to $199.54
• Volume: 401,560 shs
• Average Volume: 615,191 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.56 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.60
• Dividend Yield: 2.24%
• Price Target: $199.10
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Avery Dennison Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Avery Dennison scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 228 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Avery Dennison has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Avery Dennison has a consensus price target of $199.10, representing about 11.3% upside from its current price of $178.97.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Avery Dennison has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Avery Dennison are expected to grow by 9.85% in the coming year, from $10.15 to $11.15 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Avery Dennison is 19.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Avery Dennison is 19.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 22.19.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Avery Dennison has a PEG Ratio of 2.14. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Avery Dennison has a P/B Ratio of 6.17. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.61% of the float of Avery Dennison has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Avery Dennison has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Avery Dennison has recently decreased by 7.68%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Avery Dennison pays a meaningful dividend of 2.25%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Avery Dennison has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Avery Dennison is 43.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Avery Dennison will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.87% next year. This indicates that Avery Dennison will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.62

News Sentiment

Avery Dennison has a news sentiment score of 1.62. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Avery Dennison this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for AVY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Avery Dennison to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Avery Dennison insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $962,207.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.81% of the stock of Avery Dennison is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.17% of the stock of Avery Dennison is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/16 Dividend: 9/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend: 9/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/16/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Containers & Packaging
• Sub-Industry: Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AVY
• CIK: 8818
• Web: www.averydennison.com
• Phone: (440) 534-6000
• Fax: 626-304-2192
• Employees: 35,000
• Year Founded: 1935

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Avery Dennison: $199.10
• High Price Target: $225.00
• Low Price Target: $175.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $9.13
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.60
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.63
• P/E Growth: 2.14
• Net Income: $688 million
• Net Margins: 7.62%
• Pretax Margin: 10.44%
• Return on Equity: 34.60%
• Return on Assets: 8.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.37
• Current Ratio: 1.13
• Quick Ratio: 0.79

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.86 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.53
• Cash Flow: $13.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.81
• Book Value: $29.01 per share
• Price / Book: 6.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 75,790,000
• Free Float: 75,174,000
• Market Cap: $13.56 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79