Why did Avery Dennison (AVY) stock move recently?

On 7/28/2026, Avery Dennison moved +3.7% — No specific company catalyst or filing identified for the move; AVY rose ahead of its scheduled Q2 earnings release on July 30 amid general market or sector sentiment. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Avery Dennison (AVY) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Avery Dennison's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 19.0, a forward P/E of about 15.9, a price-to-book of about 5.8 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Avery Dennison's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.40×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Avery Dennison's revenue?

Avery Dennison reported revenue of $8.9B for FY2025, with net profit of $688.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Avery Dennison (AVY)?

Avery Dennison last traded at $178.35 (+0.7% on the day), as of 8/10/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Avery Dennison

AVY · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerAVY

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustryPackaging & Containers

CountryUnited States

Employees35,000

HeadquartersMentor, United States

Websitewww.averydennison.com

Filings tracked14

About Avery Dennison

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.

Who owns it

Insiders0.6%
Institutions99.4%
Public & other0.0%

1,102 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.55%
Wellington Management Group, LLP7.00%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.61%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.42%
State Street Corporation5.34%
Morgan Stanley4.80%
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.3.87%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.86%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.40×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend6.0% → 7.8%

Margin has expanded by about 1.8 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity30.7%

Latest ROE of 30.7% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 3% · PAT 17%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $2.3B · EPS 2.49

Est. earnings growth +1.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $9.6B · EPS 11.23

Est. earnings growth +10.4%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$8.9B

Net margin

7.8%

ROE

30.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+2.9%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+17.0%

EPS (FY2025)

8.79

Net profit (FY2025)

$688.0M

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Why it moved

Jul 28, 2026
No specific company catalyst or filing identified for the move; AVY rose ahead of its scheduled Q2 earnings release on July 30 amid general market or sector sentiment.
· confidence: low
Jul 27, 2026
No clear company-specific catalyst or filing today; the stock rose ahead of its July 30 earnings report amid steady label demand commentary in recent coverage, but the move appears to reflect broader market or sector sentiment.
· confidence: low
Jul 24, 2026
No specific company catalyst or filing was reported today; the gain appears to reflect broader market or sector movement ahead of the July 30 earnings release.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$8.9B	$688.0M	8.79	7.8%	30.7%
FY2024	$8.8B	$704.9M	8.73	8.1%	30.5%
FY2023	$8.4B	$503.0M	6.20	6.0%	23.6%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$2.5B	$204.1M	2.67	8.3%
2026Q1	$2.3B	$168.1M	2.18	7.3%
2025Q3	$2.2B	$166.3M	2.13	7.5%
2025Q2	$2.2B	$189.0M	2.41	8.5%
2025Q1	$2.1B	$166.3M	2.09	7.7%
2024Q3	$2.2B	$181.7M	2.25	8.3%
2024Q2	$2.2B	$176.8M	2.18	7.9%
2024Q1	$2.2B	$172.4M	2.13	8.0%
2023Q3	$2.1B	$138.3M	1.71	6.6%
2023Q2	$2.1B	$121.2M	1.49	5.9%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/4/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC6/4/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC5/1/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC2/26/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/25/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/4/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC10/28/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/22/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC10/2/2025material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC9/11/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2025

In the news

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