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Avery Dennison (AVY) Competitors

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$203.70 -0.88 (-0.43%)
(As of 03:03 PM ET)

AVY vs. MSA, HNI, SCS, PBI, TILE, 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), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Ranpak (PACK).

Avery Dennison vs.

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

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

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
Avery Dennison$8.68B1.89$503M$8.3324.45
MSA Safety$1.80B3.82$58.58M$6.9225.33

Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avery Dennison pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety pays out 29.5% 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. Avery Dennison has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and MSA Safety has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

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
Avery Dennison7.76% 33.01% 8.96%
MSA Safety 15.16%29.14%13.45%

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

Avery Dennison presently has a consensus price target of $244.96, suggesting a potential upside of 20.26%. MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Avery Dennison's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avery Dennison is more favorable than MSA Safety.

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

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

In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 4 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Avery Dennison and 12 mentions for MSA Safety. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.95 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

MSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVY vs. The Competition

MetricAvery DennisonConverted paper & paperboard products, except containers & box IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.37B$8.68B$9.57B$20.04B
Dividend Yield1.72%2.55%1.96%3.47%
P/E Ratio24.4528.4322.6845.37
Price / Sales1.891.328.2520.58
Price / Cash17.5812.5520.6821.38
Price / Book6.846.514.335.02
Net Income$503M$347.77M$455.18M$987.63M
7 Day Performance-1.48%2.71%4.22%2.98%
1 Month Performance-6.57%-1.07%4.49%2.65%
1 Year Performance13.11%32.56%37.11%31.33%

Avery Dennison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8284 of 5 stars
$203.70
-0.4%
$244.96
+20.3%
+13.7%$16.37B$8.68B24.4535,000Analyst Revision
MSA
MSA Safety
4.704 of 5 stars
$172.87
-0.5%
N/A+8.7%$6.83B$1.80B24.985,100Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.8012 of 5 stars
$54.80
+0.6%
N/A+49.1%$2.62B$2.43B21.248,200Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
SCS
Steelcase
4.8035 of 5 stars
$13.08
+0.2%
N/A+19.9%$1.49B$3.16B12.3411,300Positive News
PBI
Pitney Bowes
2.3552 of 5 stars
$8.05
+2.3%
N/A+98.3%$1.45B$3.27B-5.3710,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TILE
Interface
4.13 of 5 stars
$24.50
-0.9%
N/A+175.9%$1.43B$1.26B17.133,619
ACCO
ACCO Brands
4.8217 of 5 stars
$6.07
+0.2%
N/A+32.2%$516.42M$1.83B-3.215,600
NL
NL Industries
1.2981 of 5 stars
$7.86
-8.5%
N/A+67.4%$383.96M$161.30M17.092,820
ARC
ARC Document Solutions
3.8329 of 5 stars
$3.38
flat
N/A+26.7%$146.23M$281.20M30.681,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.8711 of 5 stars
$132.24
+0.5%
N/A+10.3%$44.10B$20.43B17.1541,000Positive News
PACK
Ranpak
0.8004 of 5 stars
$7.00
+3.6%
N/A+149.3%$582.54M$336.30M-29.17880

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