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Avery Dennison AVY Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

3M logo
3MMMM
72.1%-21.3pp
Zebra Technologies logo
Zebra TechnologiesZBRA
11.8%-4.4pp
Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
8.7%-12.0pp
Element Solutions logo
Element SolutionsESI
5.7%-6.2pp
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
-0.2%-0.1pp
Aptiv logo
AptivAPTV
4%-11.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.3B+7.0%
Gross profit$664.8M+7.0%
Net income$168.1M+1.1%
EPS (diluted)$2.18+4.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$255.1M+30.2%
Total debt$3.8B+9.6%
Total equity$2.3B+6.0%
Total assets$9.0B+7.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$136.5M+937%
CapEx$28.3M-21.4%
Free cash flow$108.2M+307%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.14B-5.5%
Enterprise value$15.67B-2.9%
P/E17.6×-0.8×
P/S1.4×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin28.8%0.0pp
Net margin7.7%-0.3pp
FCF margin9.7%+2.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity1.6×+0.1×
Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Avery Dennison’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Avery Dennison’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Avery Dennison's return on equity?
Avery Dennison (AVY) reported return on equity of 30.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Avery Dennison's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Avery Dennison's return on equity decreased by 3.4% year-over-year, from 31.9% to 30.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Avery Dennison's return on equity?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Avery Dennison's return on equity has grown at a -6.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 41.3% to 30.2%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.