Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) Price Target Cut to $185.00 by Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) had its price objective cut by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $205.00 to $185.00 in a research note issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “overweight” rating on the industrial products company’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 13.35% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on AVY. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Avery Dennison from $201.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on shares of Avery Dennison in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They set a “buy” rating and a $200.00 price target for the company. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Avery Dennison from $226.00 to $222.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Avery Dennison in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $221.00 target price (down from $223.00) on shares of Avery Dennison in a research note on Wednesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Avery Dennison currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $204.67.

Avery Dennison Price Performance

Avery Dennison stock traded down $3.28 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $163.21. The company had a trading volume of 825,481 shares, compared to its average volume of 646,702. Avery Dennison has a fifty-two week low of $156.23 and a fifty-two week high of $199.54. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. The company has a market cap of $12.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.59, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $175.49 and a 200 day simple moving average of $178.12.

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $2.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.26 billion. Avery Dennison had a net margin of 7.77% and a return on equity of 33.84%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.30 earnings per share. Avery Dennison has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.53 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Avery Dennison will post 10.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Ignacio J. Walker sold 1,156 shares of Avery Dennison stock in a transaction on Friday, February 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.95, for a total transaction of $223,050.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 7,588 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,464,104.60. This trade represents a 13.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mitchell R. Butier sold 20,000 shares of Avery Dennison stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.88, for a total transaction of $3,477,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 211,147 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $36,714,240.36. This represents a 8.65% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 34,156 shares of company stock valued at $5,930,150 in the last three months. 0.81% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Avery Dennison

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AVY. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Avery Dennison in the fourth quarter worth $188,438,000. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in Avery Dennison by 20.1% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,869,889 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $703,856,000 after purchasing an additional 647,795 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Avery Dennison by 12.5% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,808,960 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $942,039,000 after purchasing an additional 644,664 shares during the period. Cooke & Bieler LP acquired a new stake in Avery Dennison in the fourth quarter worth $105,616,000. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in Avery Dennison in the third quarter worth $74,942,000. 94.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Avery Dennison News

Here are the key news stories impacting Avery Dennison this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat on both EPS ($2.47 vs. $2.41 est.) and revenue with year?over?year revenue growth and improved margins — demonstrates operational strength and helped offset segment weakness. Avery Dennison Announces First Quarter 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Truist reaffirmed a “buy” rating and $221 price target (roughly 35% upside vs. current levels), a vote of confidence from the sell side. Benzinga Truist Note
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic investment: $75M in Wiliot expands AVY’s physical?AI/sensor capabilities — a long?term growth and differentiation play for digital identification solutions. Avery Dennison Invests $75M in Wiliot
• Neutral Sentiment: Management commentary and slides/transcript provide context on segment dynamics and timing; investors will parse the call for cadence of intelligent?labels ramp and margin trajectory. Earnings Call Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst writeups and valuation pieces note multi?year share weakness and re?rated expectations — useful for longer?term investors but less immediate for price action. Valuation After Weakness
• Negative Sentiment: Q2 guidance came in slightly light: EPS guide 2.430–2.53 vs. consensus ~2.53 — and Reuters flagged the forecast as below estimates, which prompted near?term selling pressure. Reuters: Q2 Profit Below Estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Solutions/intelligent?labels segment is softer than Materials and management now expects the intelligent?labels ramp to be more pronounced in the second half — raises near?term growth uncertainty. MSN Deep Dive

Avery Dennison Company Profile

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is a global materials science and manufacturing company specializing in labeling and packaging solutions. The company develops pressure-sensitive materials, tags and labels, and adhesive technologies that help brands and businesses enhance product identification, branding and supply-chain performance. Avery Dennison’s offerings range from industrial and retail labeling to high-performance tapes, films and graphics materials used across multiple end markets.

The company operates through several key segments, including Label and Graphic Materials, which supplies pressure-sensitive materials for consumer goods; Retail Branding and Information Solutions, offering apparel tags, RFID inlays and digital product identification; Pressure-Sensitive Materials, providing specialty tapes and adhesives; and RF Technologies, focused on advanced RFID and IoT labeling solutions.