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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 $23.3B against $14.3B — 1.6× the size. Avery Dennison Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.5× against 49.6×. Avery Dennison Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.77% against 1.11%. Avery Dennison Corporation has the higher net margin (7.56% vs 1.50%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.0% vs 2.87%). Both pay a dividend; Smurfit Westrock PLC yields more (4.03% vs 2.05%). 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 20.53 49.65 20.50
P/S 1.54 0.75 0.84
P/B 6.02 1.30 1.81
Price to free cash flow 14.19 26.43 13.39
EV/EBITDA 11.98 8.73 9.53
EV/Sales 1.85 1.17 1.39
Earnings yield 4.87% 2.01% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 7.05% 3.78% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 28.83% 17.43% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.74% 4.57% 6.42%
Net margin 7.56% 1.50% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 10.82% 2.82% 4.78%
Return on equity 30.80% 2.59% 2.28%
Return on assets 7.85% 1.04% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 12.98% 2.87% 4.57%

Growth

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.77% 1.11% 4.05%
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 1.33 0.78 0.79
Current ratio 1.16 1.48 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.19 3.02 2.59

Dividend

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 2.05% 4.03% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.42 2.02 0.60

Size

Metric AVY SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 14.32b 23.27b 3.71b

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