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Avery Dennison (AVY) Competitors

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$197.64 +0.64 (+0.32%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AVY vs. MSA, HNI, SCS, TILE, PBI, ACCO, NL, ARC, KMB, and PACK

Should you be buying Avery Dennison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avery Dennison include MSA Safety (MSA), HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Pitney Bowes (PBI), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Ranpak (PACK).

Avery Dennison vs.

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) and Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Avery Dennison has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety$1.79B3.78$58.58M$6.9224.85
Avery Dennison$8.36B1.90$503M$8.3323.73

MSA Safety presently has a consensus price target of $207.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. Avery Dennison has a consensus price target of $244.96, indicating a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Avery Dennison's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avery Dennison is more favorable than MSA Safety.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MSA Safety
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.67
Avery Dennison
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Avery Dennison shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, MSA Safety had 1 more articles in the media than Avery Dennison. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for MSA Safety and 12 mentions for Avery Dennison. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.92 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avery Dennison
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.16% compared to Avery Dennison's net margin of 7.76%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.01% beat MSA Safety's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MSA Safety15.16% 29.14% 13.45%
Avery Dennison 7.76%33.01%8.96%

MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. MSA Safety pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avery Dennison pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MSA Safety has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Avery Dennison has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Avery Dennison received 126 more outperform votes than MSA Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.35% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MSA SafetyOutperform Votes
296
64.35%
Underperform Votes
164
35.65%
Avery DennisonOutperform Votes
422
57.49%
Underperform Votes
312
42.51%

Summary

MSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVY vs. The Competition

MetricAvery DennisonConverted paper & paperboard products, except containers & box IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.88B$8.70B$9.57B$19.85B
Dividend Yield1.78%2.64%2.02%3.52%
P/E Ratio23.7326.6022.3142.73
Price / Sales1.901.237.4719.27
Price / Cash16.9511.5716.9417.86
Price / Book7.488.364.275.52
Net Income$503M$319.52M$413.78M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-1.14%-1.54%2.74%0.45%
1 Month Performance-8.25%-8.91%8.21%1.05%
1 Year Performance4.31%18.83%30.03%24.67%

Avery Dennison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8294 of 5 stars
$197.64
+0.3%
$244.96
+23.9%
+4.2%$15.88B$8.36B23.7335,000
MSA
MSA Safety
4.6507 of 5 stars
$171.96
+2.3%
$207.50
+20.7%
+2.5%$6.61B$1.79B24.855,100Analyst Revision
Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.8056 of 5 stars
$55.30
+0.9%
$63.00
+13.9%
+40.5%$2.64B$2.43B21.438,200Ex-Dividend
SCS
Steelcase
4.9051 of 5 stars
$13.06
-0.2%
$17.00
+30.2%
+7.0%$1.49B$3.16B12.3211,300Positive News
TILE
Interface
3.8374 of 5 stars
$25.47
+2.1%
$20.00
-21.5%
+151.2%$1.45B$1.31B17.813,619Dividend Announcement
PBI
Pitney Bowes
1.7743 of 5 stars
$7.52
-3.2%
N/A+89.3%$1.41B$3.27B0.0010,500Ex-Dividend
ACCO
ACCO Brands
4.8467 of 5 stars
$5.65
-1.2%
$7.00
+24.0%
+5.4%$524.31M$1.83B-2.995,600Positive News
NL
NL Industries
1.472 of 5 stars
$7.93
+2.5%
$6.00
-24.3%
+55.5%$378.08M$161.30M6.612,820Positive News
ARC
ARC Document Solutions
4.0367 of 5 stars
$3.40
flat
N/A+19.5%$146.87M$281.20M30.871,900Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.6533 of 5 stars
$136.37
+0.6%
$149.93
+9.9%
+13.1%$45.22B$20.43B17.6941,000Positive News
PACK
Ranpak
0.7895 of 5 stars
$7.07
+3.2%
$8.50
+20.2%
+83.2%$570.31M$336.30M0.00880

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This page (NYSE:AVY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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