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Avery Dennison Corp AVY
Avery Dennison Corp (AVY) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 2.27% (safety: moderate). FY2025 revenue was $8.9B at a 7.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.53 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-15 | Truist Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-14 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-09 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corp | 5/9 | — | 18.4 | +1.1% |
| KMB | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 4/9 | 2.17 | 18 | -2.1% |
| PACK | Ranpak Holdings Corp. | 4/9 | 0.68 | — | +7.1% |
| DSY | Big Tree Cloud Holdings Ltd | 2/9 | — | — | — |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
| HMC | HONDA MOTOR CO LTD | 6/9 | 2.79 | — | +19.9% |
About Avery Dennison Corp
Avery Dennison Corporation operates as a materials science and digital identification solutions company in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It offers pressure-sensitive label materials, which consist of papers, plastic films, and metal foils; performance tapes products, including mechanical fasteners, which are precision-extruded and injection-molded plastic devices; and other pressure-sensitive adhesive-based materials and converted products under the Fasson, JAC, and Avery Dennison brands. The company provides graphics and reflective products that include films and other 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 markets; sign shops, commercial printers, and designers for pressure-sensitive materials; reflective films for traffic and safety applications; and pressure-sensitive vinyl and specialty materials for digital imaging, screen printing, and sign cutting applications under the Avery Dennison and Mactac brand names. In addition, it offers branding solutions, which include brand embellishments, graphic tickets, tags, labels, and sustainable packaging; information solutions, such as item-level RFID, visibility and loss prevention, price ticketing and marking, productivity and media, and brand protection and security solutions; and shelf-edge productivity and media solutions under the Vestcom brand names, as well as care, content, and country of origin compliance solutions. It serves home and personal care, apparel, general retail, 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. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.
FAQ
Is AVY financially healthy?
Avery Dennison Corp's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does AVY pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Avery Dennison Corp pays a dividend yielding about 2.27% with a 41.9% payout ratio, rated “moderate” for safety.
How profitable is AVY?
In FY2025, Avery Dennison Corp had a net margin of 7.8% and a return on equity of 30.7%.
Is AVY overvalued or undervalued?
Avery Dennison Corp trades at about 20.6× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 19.8×–39.2×, median 22.8×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for AVY?
The average Wall-Street price target for Avery Dennison Corp is $201.80, about 11.5% above the recent price, from 10 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is AVY a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Avery Dennison Corp: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, a P/E of about 18.4×, a dividend yield of 2.27%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.