Zacks Research Predicts Reduced Earnings for Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Co. (NYSE:AVY) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Avery Dennison in a report issued on Tuesday, December 10th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $2.60 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.61. The consensus estimate for Avery Dennison’s current full-year earnings is $9.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Avery Dennison’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.73 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.71 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $2.79 EPS.

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.20 billion. Avery Dennison had a return on equity of 33.01% and a net margin of 7.76%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.10 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on AVY. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Avery Dennison from $241.00 to $240.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Bank of America upgraded Avery Dennison from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $207.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on Avery Dennison from $252.00 to $247.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Avery Dennison from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Avery Dennison from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Avery Dennison currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $244.96.

Avery Dennison Price Performance

Shares of AVY opened at $195.02 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $15.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.41, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $206.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $214.60. Avery Dennison has a 1-year low of $193.49 and a 1-year high of $233.48.

Institutional Trading of Avery Dennison

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AVY. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Avery Dennison by 2.2% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,814 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,053,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB boosted its stake in Avery Dennison by 1.0% in the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 462,083 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $101,034,000 after buying an additional 4,673 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in Avery Dennison by 52.4% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,976 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $664,000 after acquiring an additional 1,023 shares during the last quarter. Gradient Investments LLC raised its stake in Avery Dennison by 7.5% during the second quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 59,816 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $13,079,000 after acquiring an additional 4,196 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Avery Dennison by 3.7% in the second quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 12,117 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,649,000 after acquiring an additional 432 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.17% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Avery Dennison news, SVP Nicholas Colisto sold 3,679 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.00, for a total transaction of $757,874.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 7,126 shares in the company, valued at $1,467,956. This represents a 34.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Avery Dennison Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. Avery Dennison’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 42.26%.

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation operates as a materials science and digital identification solutions company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Latin, America, and internationally. It provides pressure-sensitive materials comprising papers, plastic films, metal foils, and fabrics; performance tapes products, including tapes for wire harnessing, as well as cable wrapping for automotive, electrical, and general industrial applications; mechanical fasteners, which are precision-extruded and injection-molded plastic devices used in various automotive, general industrial, and retail applications; and other pressure-sensitive adhesive-based materials and converted products under the Fasson, JAC, Yongle, and Avery Dennison brands.