Avery Dennison
About: Avery Dennison manufactures pressure-sensitive materials, merchandise tags, and labels. The company also runs a specialty converting business that produces radio-frequency identification, or RFID, inlays and labels. Avery Dennison draws a significant amount of revenue from outside the United States, with international operations accounting for the majority of total sales.
Employees: 35,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
455% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $12M | Put options by funds: $2.17M
2% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 272 | Existing positions reduced: 266
1.34% less ownership
Funds ownership: 92.86% [Q4 2024] → 91.52% (-1.34%) [Q1 2025]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 783 [Q4 2024] → 754 (-29) [Q1 2025]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $14B [Q4 2024] → $12.9B (-$1.11B) [Q1 2025]
20% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 77 | Existing positions closed: 96
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q4 2024] → 0 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
BMO Capital John McNulty | 24%upside $216 | Outperform Maintained | 25 Apr 2025 |
Truist Securities Michael Roxland | 17%upside $204 | Buy Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Baird Ghansham Panjabi | 20%upside $210 | Outperform Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Scott Gaffner | 20%upside $210 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekauskas | 2%downside $172 | Neutral Downgraded | 24 Apr 2025 |
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