Avery Dennison Corporation

NYSE:AVY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$15.2b

Avery Dennison Valuation

Is AVY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AVY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AVY ($189.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($366.09)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AVY is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AVY?

Key metric: As AVY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AVY. This is calculated by dividing AVY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AVY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio22.6x
EarningsUS$674.00m
Market CapUS$15.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AVY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AVY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average54.5x
AMCR Amcor
17.8x7.6%US$13.7b
IP International Paper
45.6x29.2%US$19.1b
PKG Packaging Corporation of America
26.6x11.1%US$20.4b
SW Smurfit Westrock
127.8x32.7%US$28.3b
AVY Avery Dennison
22.6x10.4%US$15.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AVY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the peer average (54.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AVY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Packaging Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AVY 22.6xIndustry Avg. 18.9xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AVY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the North American Packaging industry average (18.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AVY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AVY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.6x
Fair PE Ratio18.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AVY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AVY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$189.38
US$230.32
+21.6%
13.1%US$275.00US$169.00n/a13
Dec ’25US$205.95
US$229.93
+11.6%
13.0%US$275.00US$169.00n/a13
Nov ’25US$206.11
US$230.93
+12.0%
13.2%US$275.00US$169.00n/a13
Oct ’25US$219.82
US$234.36
+6.6%
11.3%US$275.00US$166.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$221.85
US$234.52
+5.7%
11.3%US$275.00US$166.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$214.05
US$234.52
+9.6%
11.3%US$275.00US$166.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$213.36
US$230.03
+7.8%
12.1%US$260.00US$158.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$227.59
US$228.21
+0.3%
11.9%US$260.00US$158.00n/a11
May ’25US$217.83
US$225.75
+3.6%
11.4%US$260.00US$158.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$223.57
US$217.75
-2.6%
11.0%US$248.00US$154.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$216.72
US$217.75
+0.5%
11.0%US$248.00US$154.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$199.46
US$217.00
+8.8%
11.0%US$248.00US$154.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$202.16
US$203.27
+0.6%
12.0%US$247.00US$151.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$195.19
US$197.27
+1.1%
9.2%US$225.00US$151.00US$205.9511
Nov ’24US$173.87
US$195.00
+12.2%
9.4%US$225.00US$151.00US$206.1111
Oct ’24US$182.67
US$200.55
+9.8%
8.8%US$222.00US$155.00US$219.8211
Sep ’24US$189.02
US$198.51
+5.0%
8.1%US$222.00US$155.00US$221.8512
Aug ’24US$185.28
US$193.08
+4.2%
9.5%US$215.00US$142.00US$214.0512
Jul ’24US$171.80
US$195.50
+13.8%
9.6%US$219.00US$144.00US$213.3612
Jun ’24US$159.24
US$196.08
+23.1%
9.7%US$219.00US$144.00US$227.5912
May ’24US$174.68
US$194.58
+11.4%
9.6%US$219.00US$144.00US$217.8312
Apr ’24US$178.93
US$200.75
+12.2%
10.8%US$233.00US$144.00US$223.5712
Mar ’24US$181.12
US$200.75
+10.8%
10.8%US$233.00US$144.00US$216.7212
Feb ’24US$191.66
US$202.33
+5.6%
10.9%US$240.00US$147.00US$199.4612
Jan ’24US$181.00
US$197.58
+9.2%
11.1%US$241.00US$147.00US$202.1612
Dec ’23US$193.17
US$195.42
+1.2%
9.7%US$221.00US$147.00US$195.1912

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 06:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Avery Dennison Corporation is covered by 27 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher KapschAegis Capital Corporation
null nullArgus Research Company
Ghansham PanjabiBaird