Avery Dennison
AVY · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$181.83
1.5%Sonoco
SON · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$50.12
0.3%The short version
- Avery Dennison is the larger business, with $8.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.5B for Sonoco.
- Sonoco grew revenue faster (41.7%, against 1.1%).
- Avery Dennison turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.0% FCF margin, against 4.6% FCF margin).
- Avery Dennison earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (14.6%, against 9.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Avery Dennison’s earnings: a P/E of 19.9x against 4.9x for Sonoco.
| Latest fiscal year | AVY · FY25 | SON · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.9B | $5.0B |
| Revenue | $8.9B | $7.5B |
| Free cash flow | $712M | $346M |
| Net income | $688M | $1.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.1% | 41.7% |
| 5-year growth | 4.9% | 7.1% |
| Share count change | −3.0% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 20.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 13.5% |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 13.3% |
| FCF margin | 8.0% | 4.6% |
| Return on capital | 14.6% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 30.2% | 34.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.5B | $3.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.5x | 2.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $861M | $219M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 19.9x | 4.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
FY16
AVY $6.1B
SON $4.9B
FY17
AVY $6.6B
SON $5.2B
FY18
AVY $7.2B
SON $5.5B
FY19
AVY $7.1B
SON $5.5B
FY20
AVY $7.0B
SON $5.3B
FY21
AVY $8.4B
SON $5.7B
FY22
AVY $9.0B
SON $5.9B
FY23
AVY $8.4B
SON $5.4B
FY24
AVY $8.8B
SON $5.3B
FY25
AVY $8.9B
SON $7.5B
AVY
SON
FY16
AVY —
SON 10.3%
FY17
AVY —
SON 8.0%
FY18
AVY —
SON 7.9%
FY19
AVY —
SON 8.5%
FY20
AVY —
SON 6.7%
FY21
AVY —
SON 8.5%
FY22
AVY —
SON 9.6%
FY23
AVY —
SON 10.8%
FY24
AVY —
SON 6.2%
FY25
AVY —
SON 13.5%
AVY
SON
FY16
AVY $405M
SON $212M
FY17
AVY $455M
SON $159M
FY18
AVY $231M
SON $397M
FY19
AVY $527M
SON $230M
FY20
AVY $550M
SON $511M
FY21
AVY $792M
SON $42.7M
FY22
AVY $683M
SON $180M
FY23
AVY $561M
SON $520M
FY24
AVY $730M
SON $441M
FY25
AVY $712M
SON $346M
AVY
SON
FY16
AVY 18.6%
SON 13.1%
FY17
AVY 14.8%
SON 8.4%
FY18
AVY 20.4%
SON 11.8%
FY19
AVY 11.7%
SON 11.0%
FY20
AVY 19.6%
SON 8.9%
FY21
AVY 19.4%
SON 12.1%
FY22
AVY 16.7%
SON 10.7%
FY23
AVY 11.6%
SON 8.6%
FY24
AVY 15.5%
SON 4.2%
FY25
AVY 14.6%
SON 9.4%
AVY
SON
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