Avery Dennison
AVY · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$181.83
1.5%Crown
CCK · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$117.29
1.7%The short version
- Crown is the larger business, with $12.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.9B for Avery Dennison.
- Crown grew revenue faster (4.8%, against 1.1%).
- Crown turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.0% FCF margin, against 8.0% FCF margin).
- Avery Dennison earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.6%, against 13.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Avery Dennison’s earnings: a P/E of 19.9x against 16.9x for Crown.
| Latest fiscal year | AVY · FY25 | CCK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.9B | $12.9B |
| Revenue | $8.9B | $12.4B |
| Free cash flow | $712M | $1.1B |
| Net income | $688M | $738M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.1% | 4.8% |
| 5-year growth | 4.9% | 5.7% |
| Share count change | −3.0% | −3.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.8% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 12.6% |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 6.0% |
| FCF margin | 8.0% | 9.0% |
| Return on capital | 14.6% | 13.7% |
| Return on equity | 30.2% | 25.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.5B | $5.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.5x | 2.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $861M | $625M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 19.9x | 16.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
FY16
AVY $6.1B
CCK $8.3B
FY17
AVY $6.6B
CCK $8.7B
FY18
AVY $7.2B
CCK $11.2B
FY19
AVY $7.1B
CCK $11.7B
FY20
AVY $7.0B
CCK $9.4B
FY21
AVY $8.4B
CCK $11.4B
FY22
AVY $9.0B
CCK $12.9B
FY23
AVY $8.4B
CCK $12.0B
FY24
AVY $8.8B
CCK $11.8B
FY25
AVY $8.9B
CCK $12.4B
AVY
CCK
FY16
AVY —
CCK 12.0%
FY17
AVY —
CCK 11.8%
FY18
AVY —
CCK 9.8%
FY19
AVY —
CCK 8.8%
FY20
AVY —
CCK 11.2%
FY21
AVY —
CCK 12.0%
FY22
AVY —
CCK 10.3%
FY23
AVY —
CCK 10.6%
FY24
AVY —
CCK 12.0%
FY25
AVY —
CCK 12.6%
AVY
CCK
FY16
AVY $405M
CCK −$607M
FY17
AVY $455M
CCK −$749M
FY18
AVY $231M
CCK $109M
FY19
AVY $527M
CCK $772M
FY20
AVY $550M
CCK $761M
FY21
AVY $792M
CCK $89.0M
FY22
AVY $683M
CCK −$36.0M
FY23
AVY $561M
CCK $660M
FY24
AVY $730M
CCK $789M
FY25
AVY $712M
CCK $1.1B
AVY
CCK
FY16
AVY 18.6%
CCK 14.8%
FY17
AVY 14.8%
CCK 9.7%
FY18
AVY 20.4%
CCK 10.2%
FY19
AVY 11.7%
CCK 8.6%
FY20
AVY 19.6%
CCK 8.0%
FY21
AVY 19.4%
CCK 12.2%
FY22
AVY 16.7%
CCK 12.3%
FY23
AVY 11.6%
CCK 10.3%
FY24
AVY 15.5%
CCK 12.2%
FY25
AVY 14.6%
CCK 13.7%
AVY
CCK
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