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Avery Dennison AVY

Avery Dennison scores average on business quality (5.0 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$167.82Oct 10, 2026
Business qualityAverage
Next earningsOct 29, 2026, before the open
Insiders, 90 daysSelling

Why it matters

  1. What Avery Dennison does

    Avery Dennison makes pressure-sensitive materials, tags, and labels used by consumer goods and logistics companies worldwide.

  2. What it does best

    Dominating global pressure-sensitive adhesive materials with a gross margin of 29.0%, outperforming peers like PKG at 20.1% and GPK at 15.5%. Scale and distribution networks create high barriers to entry for rivals.

  3. The main risk

    Net debt climbed to $3.5B while revenue growth remains sluggish at 1.1%, leaving the business vulnerable if industrial demand softens further.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityFair

Operating margin stands at 12.8% with an FCF margin in the top quartile of its sector at 76th percentile, proving the business scales efficiently.

MoatFair

Global manufacturing scale and sticky enterprise relationships secure a top decile ROE of 31.1%, placing it well ahead of basic materials peers.

GrowthSlow

Revenue growth crawled to 1.1% over the latest period, well below historical expansion rates as top-line momentum fades across core markets.

Financial healthFair

Debt-to-equity sits at 1.7 while interest coverage is 8.4x. Free cash flow reached $1.0B, showing solid cash generation despite softer balance-sheet footing.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

2 sold $962K outside pre-planned sales.

Our sealed record on AVY

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is AVY a good business?

Avery Dennison scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.0 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth slow and financial health fair.

Are insiders buying AVY?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 2 sold $962K outside pre-planned sales.

When does AVY report earnings?

Oct 29, 2026, before the open.

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Avery Dennison (AVY)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/avy/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.