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$188.13 +1.87 (+1.00%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

AVY vs. MSA, HNI, TILE, SCS, 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), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Avery Dennison received 125 more outperform votes than MSA Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% 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
297
64.29%
Underperform Votes
165
35.71%

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$8.68B1.74$503M$8.3322.58
MSA Safety$1.79B3.64$58.58M$6.9223.90

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%

In the previous week, MSA Safety had 2 more articles in the media than Avery Dennison. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MSA Safety and 7 mentions for Avery Dennison. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.60 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MSA Safety
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Avery Dennison presently has a consensus target price of $244.96, suggesting a potential upside of 30.21%. MSA Safety has a consensus target price of $202.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Avery Dennison's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.

Summary

MSA Safety beats Avery Dennison on 13 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$15.12B$8.32B$9.22B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.84%2.74%2.09%3.60%
P/E Ratio22.5825.6221.0841.28
Price / Sales1.741.264.8617.60
Price / Cash16.9310.5319.2621.28
Price / Book7.128.054.225.32
Net Income$503M$319.52M$398.18M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.59%-3.03%-4.86%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-5.52%0.83%-2.08%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-7.21%4.75%15.23%12.14%

Avery Dennison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9041 of 5 stars
$188.13
+1.0%
$244.96
+30.2%
-6.5%$15.12B$8.68B22.5835,000High Trading Volume
MSA
MSA Safety
4.7351 of 5 stars
$174.96
+0.3%
$205.00
+17.2%
+1.1%$6.88B$1.80B25.255,100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.8698 of 5 stars
$54.59
+1.5%
$63.00
+15.4%
+22.8%$2.61B$2.43B20.848,200
TILE
Interface
3.8168 of 5 stars
$26.26
+0.5%
$22.00
-16.2%
+100.1%$1.53B$1.31B18.273,619Positive News
SCS
Steelcase
4.9169 of 5 stars
$13.27
+2.0%
$17.00
+28.1%
-16.7%$1.51B$3.16B12.2711,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
PBI
Pitney Bowes
2.9064 of 5 stars
$7.83
+1.6%
N/A+81.9%$1.42B$3.27B0.0010,500
ACCO
ACCO Brands
4.8672 of 5 stars
$5.88
-0.2%
$7.50
+27.6%
-6.2%$546.14M$1.71B-3.095,600Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
NL
NL Industries
1.5467 of 5 stars
$8.50
+2.7%
$6.00
-29.4%
+46.9%$415.21M$150.69M6.902,820News Coverage
ARC
ARC Document Solutions
N/A$3.39
flat
N/AN/A$146.65M$281.20M30.821,900Analyst Forecast
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.8264 of 5 stars
$132.50
+0.9%
$149.93
+13.2%
+10.5%$44.19B$20.10B17.0441,000Positive News
PACK
Ranpak
2.1314 of 5 stars
$7.99
+3.8%
$8.50
+6.4%
+33.1%$665.25M$336.30M0.00880Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News

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