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Avery Dennison AVY Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

3M logo
3MMMM
32.1%+0.8pp
Zebra Technologies logo
Zebra TechnologiesZBRA
9.5%-3.0pp
Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
7.2%-4.7pp
Element Solutions logo
Element SolutionsESI
5.7%-2.0pp
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
1.4%-0.4pp
Aptiv logo
AptivAPTV
3.5%-5.2pp

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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Return on equity30.9%-1.1pp
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 invested capital?
Avery Dennison (AVY) reported return on invested capital of 14.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Avery Dennison's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Avery Dennison's return on invested capital decreased by 4.4% year-over-year, from 14.7% to 14.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Avery Dennison's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Avery Dennison's return on invested capital has grown at a -5.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.6% to 13.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.