Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) vs Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW)

Avery Dennison Corporation and Smurfit Westrock PLC are both Packaging & Containers companies. Smurfit Westrock PLC is the larger, with a market value of $21.6B against $13.3B — 1.6× the size. Avery Dennison Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 43.3×. Avery Dennison Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.84% against 1.69%. Avery Dennison Corporation has the higher net margin (7.62% vs 1.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.9% vs 2.93%). Both pay a dividend; Smurfit Westrock PLC yields more (4.34% vs 2.21%). Across the 23 metrics below, Avery Dennison Corporation leads on 14 and Smurfit Westrock PLC on 9.

Valuation

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
P/E 19.21 43.33 17.11
P/S 1.45 0.69 0.87
P/B 5.76 1.19 1.66
Price to free cash flow 12.86 20.62 13.16
EV/EBITDA 11.39 8.31 9.21
EV/Sales 1.77 1.12 1.35
Earnings yield 5.21% 2.31% 4.96%
Free cash flow yield 7.78% 4.85% 6.15%

Profitability

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 28.98% 17.93% 20.03%
Operating margin 11.80% 4.71% 8.36%
Net margin 7.62% 1.59% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 11.25% 3.34% 5.14%
Return on equity 31.16% 2.73% 11.28%
Return on assets 7.93% 1.09% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 12.93% 2.93% 6.43%

Growth

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.84% 1.69% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 0.69% 62.20% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.90% 7.96% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.36% (5.84%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.37 0.78 0.78
Current ratio 1.13 1.45 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.19 3.02 2.65

Dividend

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 2.21% 4.34% 3.14%
Payout ratio 0.43 1.90 0.56

Size

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.33b 21.56b 3.71b

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