Headquartered in Mentor, OH Fiscal year ends December NYSE: AVY averydennison.com
Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. It designs and develops labeling and functional materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information.
The company reports two segments:
- **Materials Group:** Label materials, Graphics & Reflective, Performance Materials, and Specialty & Durable Labels.
- **Solutions Group:** Base solutions, Intelligent Labels (RFID), Vestcom (retail shelf-edge pricing and information solutions) and Embelex (apparel branding and embellishments).
High-value categories represented about 45% of 2025 sales (~$4 billion), and enterprise-wide Intelligent Labels generated about $0.9 billion in 2025. The company serves home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive customers. It employs approximately 35,000 people in more than 50 countries, and reported 2025 sales of $8.9 billion. Updated
Customer destocking cost only about two points of organic growth, roughly half what management braced for, and that is why both lines came in above expectations. Full-year adjusted EPS guidance of $10.10 to $10.24 held, with the bulk of remaining destocking expected to clear in the fourth quarter.
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Avery Dennison is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for AVY is $219.38, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $199.50. AVY price prediction →
