How to buy Avery Dennison stock (AVY)

Avery Dennison is a packaging & containers business based in the US. Avery Dennison shares (AVY) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $188.13 – a decrease of 3.59% over the previous week. Avery Dennison employs 35,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $8.7 billion.

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Avery Dennison stock price (NYSE: AVY)

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Avery Dennison shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$188.13
52-week range	$185.73 - $231.54
50-day moving average more info button	$205.83
200-day moving average more info button	$215.40
Wall St. target price	$230.32
PE ratio more info button	22.431
Dividend yield more info button	$3.38 (1.88%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$8.33

Is it a good time to buy Avery Dennison stock?

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Avery Dennison price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $186.26 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.55%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-8.06%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-11.97%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-17.93%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-8.11%
2 years (2022-12-21)	6.46%
3 years (2021-12-21)	198.13
5 years (2019-12-20)	53.21%

Is Avery Dennison stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Avery Dennison stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Avery Dennison's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Avery Dennison's P/E ratio

Avery Dennison's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Avery Dennison shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Avery Dennison's PEG ratio

Avery Dennison's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1544. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Avery Dennison's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Avery Dennison's EBITDA

Avery Dennison's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Avery Dennison's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Avery Dennison financials

Revenue TTM	$8.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	12.81%
Gross profit TTM	$2.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.51%
Return on equity TTM	30.24%
Profit margin	7.76%
Book value	$29.76
Market Capitalization more info button	$15 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Avery Dennison's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Avery Dennison.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Avery Dennison's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 22.28

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Avery Dennison's overall score of 22.28 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 23rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Avery Dennison is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Avery Dennison's environmental score

Environmental score: 17.26/100

Avery Dennison's environmental score of 17.26 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Avery Dennison is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Avery Dennison's social score

Social score: 8.43/100

Avery Dennison's social score of 8.43 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Avery Dennison is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Avery Dennison's governance score

Governance score: 11.6/100

Avery Dennison's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Avery Dennison is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Avery Dennison's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Avery Dennison scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Avery Dennison has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Avery Dennison Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	22.28
Total ESG percentile	22.72
Environmental score	17.26
Environmental score percentile	8
Social score	8.43
Social score percentile	8
Governance score	11.6
Governance score percentile	8
Level of controversy	1

Avery Dennison share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 35.75% of net profits

Recently Avery Dennison has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Avery Dennison shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Avery Dennison's case, that would currently equate to about $3.38 per share.

While Avery Dennison's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Avery Dennison may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Avery Dennison's most recent dividend payout was on 17 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Avery Dennison's shares ever split?

Avery Dennison's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 December 1996 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Avery Dennison shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Avery Dennison shares which in turn could have impacted Avery Dennison's share price.

Avery Dennison share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Avery Dennison's shares have ranged in value from as little as $185.73 up to $231.5435. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Avery Dennison's is 0.896. This would suggest that Avery Dennison's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Avery Dennison overview

Avery Dennison Corporation operates as a materials science and digital identification solutions company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Latin, America, and internationally. It provides pressure-sensitive materials comprising papers, plastic films, metal foils, and fabrics; performance tapes products, including tapes for wire harnessing, as well as cable wrapping for automotive, electrical, and general industrial applications; mechanical fasteners, which are precision-extruded and injection-molded plastic devices used in various automotive, general industrial, and retail applications; and other pressure-sensitive adhesive-based materials and converted products under the Fasson, JAC, Yongle, and Avery Dennison brands. The company also offers graphics and reflective products for the architectural, commercial sign, digital printing, and other related market segments; durable cast and reflective films to the construction, automotive, and fleet transportation market segments; reflective films for traffic and safety applications; and pressure-sensitive vinyl and specialty materials designed for digital imaging, screen printing, and sign cutting applications under the Avery Dennison and Mactac brand names. In addition, it provides branding solutions include brand embellishments, graphic tickets, tags, and labels, and sustainable packaging; and information solutions include item-level RFID, visibility and loss prevention, price ticketing and marking, productivity and media solutions, and brand protection and security solutions, as well as care, content, and country of origin compliance solutions. It serves home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Avery International Corporation and changed its name to Avery Dennison Corporation in 1990. Avery Dennison Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Avery Dennison is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.756% of Avery Dennison shares are held by insiders and 94.948% by institutions. How many people work for Avery Dennison?
Latest data suggests 35,000 work at Avery Dennison. When does the fiscal year end for Avery Dennison?
Avery Dennison's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Avery Dennison based?
Avery Dennison's address is: 8080 Norton Parkway, Mentor, OH, United States, 44060 What is Avery Dennison's ISIN number?
Avery Dennison's international securities identification number is: US0536111091 What is Avery Dennison's CUSIP number?
Avery Dennison's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 053611109