Avery Dennison Corp
Business
Avery Dennison Corporation designs, manufactures and sells pressure-sensitive label materials, graphics films, performance tapes, and RFID inlays and tags. The company operates through Materials Group, which provides label materials, graphics, reflective materials and bonding tapes to converters and end users; and Solutions Group, which offers RFID solutions, branding embellishments, price ticketing, loss prevention, and shelf-edge productivity solutions. The company serves home and personal care, apparel, retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive industries globally.
Summary from 10-K filed 2026-02-25
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 8,856 | 8,756 | 8,364 | 9,039 | 8,408 | |
| Cost of products sold | 6,309 | 6,225 | 6,087 | 6,635 | 6,096 | |
| Gross profit | 2,546 | 2,531 | 2,278 | 2,404 | 2,313 | |
| Marketing, general and administrative expense | 1,423 | 1,415 | 1,314 | 1,331 | 1,249 | |
| Other expense (income), net | 78 | 72 | 181 | −600,000 | 6 | |
| Interest expense | 135 | 117 | 119 | 84 | — | |
| Other non-operating expense (income), net | −14 | −27 | −31 | −9 | −4 | |
| Income before taxes | 925 | 954 | 695 | 999 | — | |
| Provision for income taxes | 237 | 249 | 192 | 242 | 249 | |
| Net income | 688 | 705 | 503 | 757 | 740 | |
| Net income per common share (in dollars per share) | 8.81 | 8.77 | 6.23 | 9.28 | 8.93 | |
| Net income per common share, assuming dilution (in dollars per share) | 8.79 | 8.73 | 6.2 | 9.21 | 8.83 | |
| Common shares (in shares) | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | |
| Common shares, assuming dilution (in shares) | 78 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 84 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 203 | 329 | 215 | 167 | 163 | |
| Trade accounts receivable, less allowances of $28.1 and $29.0 at year-end 2025 and 2024, respectively | 1,504 | 1,466 | 1,415 | 1,374 | 1,425 | |
| Inventories | 976 | 978 | 921 | 1,010 | 907 | |
| Other current assets | 308 | 305 | 245 | 231 | 240 | |
| Total current assets | 2,990 | 3,079 | 2,796 | 2,782 | 2,735 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,608 | 1,587 | 1,626 | 1,540 | 1,478 | |
| Goodwill | 2,273 | 1,976 | 2,014 | 1,862 | 1,882 | |
| Other intangibles resulting from business acquisitions, net | 828 | 755 | 849 | 840 | 911 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 125 | 110 | 116 | 115 | 130 | |
| Other assets | 978 | 897 | 810 | 811 | 836 | |
| Total assets | 8,802 | 8,404 | 8,210 | 7,951 | 7,972 | |
| Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt and finance leases | 523 | 592 | 622 | 599 | 319 | |
| Accounts payable | 1,262 | 1,341 | 1,277 | 1,339 | 1,299 | |
| Accrued payroll and employee benefits | 233 | 289 | 213 | 229 | 299 | |
| Accrued trade rebates | 170 | 158 | 142 | 174 | 176 | |
| Income taxes payable | 86 | 75 | 58 | 76 | 75 | |
| Other current liabilities | 380 | 408 | 387 | — | — | |
| Total current liabilities | 2,654 | 2,863 | 2,700 | 2,800 | 2,548 | |
| Long-term debt and finance leases | 3,210 | 2,560 | 2,622 | 2,504 | 2,786 | |
| Long-term retirement benefits and other liabilities | 432 | 435 | 500 | 367 | 475 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities and income taxes payable | 264 | 235 | 260 | 248 | 239 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (see Notes 7 and 8) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $1 par value per share, authorized 400,000,000 shares at year-end 2025 and 2024; issued 124,126,624 shares at year-end 2025 and 2024; outstanding 76,877,487 and 79,800,396 shares at year-end 2025 and 2024, respectively | 124 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 124 | |
| Capital in excess of par value | 834 | 841 | 855 | 879 | 862 | |
| Retained earnings | 5,598 | 5,151 | 4,692 | 4,415 | 3,881 | |
| Treasury stock at cost, 47,249,137 and 44,326,228 shares at year-end 2025 and 2024, respectively | −3,904 | −3,348 | −3,134 | −3,022 | −2,660 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −410 | −456 | −408 | −364 | −283 | |
| Total shareholders equity | 2,242 | 2,312 | 2,128 | 2,032 | 1,924 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | 8,802 | 8,404 | 8,210 | 7,951 | 7,972 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | 206 | 197 | 187 | 177 | 167 | |
| Amortization | 122 | 115 | 111 | 113 | 77 | |
| Provision for credit losses and sales returns | 51 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 36 | |
| Stock-based compensation | 28 | 29 | 22 | 47 | 37 | |
| Deferred taxes and other non-cash taxes | −20 | −19 | −24 | 18 | 3 | |
| Other non-cash expense and loss (income and gain), net | 49 | 67 | 37 | 24 | 12 | |
| Trade accounts receivable | 44 | −107 | −17 | −22 | −113 | |
| Inventories | 53 | −91 | 112 | −141 | −183 | |
| Accounts payable | −144 | 107 | −88 | 68 | 255 | |
| Taxes on income | −5 | 40 | −19 | 19 | −7 | |
| Other assets | 4 | −48 | 38 | 15 | 4 | |
| Other liabilities | −194 | −104 | −87 | −166 | 19 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 881 | 939 | 826 | 961 | 1,047 | |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | −169 | −209 | −265 | −278 | −255 | |
| Purchases of software and other deferred charges | −31 | −31 | −20 | −20 | −17 | |
| Proceeds from company-owned life insurance policies | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchases of Argentine Blue Chip Swap securities | 0 | −34 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from sales of Argentine Blue Chip Swap securities | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment | 23 | 600,000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Proceeds from insurance and sales (purchases) of investments, net | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Proceeds from settlement of net investment hedges | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payment for settlement of net investment hedges | −26 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and venture investments | −402 | −4 | −225 | −40 | −1,478 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −596 | −243 | −459 | −333 | −1,738 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in borrowings with maturities of three months or less | 423 | −269 | −37 | 35 | 259 | |
| Additional long-term borrowings | 577 | 539 | 395 | 0 | 792 | |
| Repayments of long-term debt and finance leases | −559 | −308 | −256 | −6 | −13 | |
| Dividends paid | −288 | −278 | −257 | −239 | −221 | |
| Share repurchases | −572 | −248 | −138 | −380 | −181 | |
| Net (tax withholding) proceeds related to stock-based compensation | −13 | −8 | −24 | −25 | −25 | |
| Proceeds from settlement of fair value hedges | 33 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payments for settlement of fair value hedges | −14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other | −300,000 | −5 | −2 | 0 | −6 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −415 | −576 | −317 | −615 | 604 | |
| Effect of foreign currency translation on cash balances | 3 | −6 | −2 | −9 | −3 | |
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | −126 | 114 | 48 | 5 | −90 |
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Avery Dennison Corp (AVY) most recently filed an earnings 8-K with the SEC on Apr 28, 2026, furnishing its results under Item 2.02 (Results of Operations and Financial Condition). The earnings press release is attached to that filing (accession 0000008818-26-000075). This is Avery Dennison Corp's most recent earnings filing of record — not a forecast of its next earnings date.
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