AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION vs INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AVY and IP diverge most: on net margin, AVY reads 7.6% and IP reads -14.2%; on return on equity, AVY reads 30.4% and IP reads -23.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AVY | IP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $167.82 | $32.12 |
| Market cap | $12.8B | $17.0B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +3.2% | — |
| P/E | 18.4 | — |
| P/B | 5.52 | 1.18 |
| P/S | 1.39 | 0.70 |
| EV/EBITDA | 47.5 | 9.5 |
| Revenue growth | +5.8% | +30.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | — |
| Net margin | 7.6% | -14.2% |
| Return on equity | 30.4% | -23.8% |
| Return on assets | 7.7% | -9.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.3% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.58 | 0.64 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.94 | 6.86 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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