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Avery Dennison (Avery Dennison) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 4.22% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Avery Dennison's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19,302 Mil. Avery Dennison's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $814 Mil. Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.22%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

AVY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.51   Med: 6.1   Max: 8.73
Current: 4.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Avery Dennison was 8.73%. The lowest was 1.51%. And the median was 6.10%.

AVY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
60.95% of 402 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.66 vs AVY: 4.06

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Avery Dennison's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.59%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Avery Dennison Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Avery Dennison Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.58 5.47 5.10 6.17 4.22

Avery Dennison Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.17 5.60 4.96 4.34 4.22

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Avery Dennison Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avery Dennison's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Avery Dennison Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Avery Dennisons Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=813.7/19302.290496
=4.22 %

Avery Dennison's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $814 Mil.



Avery Dennison  (NYSE:AVY) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Avery Dennison (Avery Dennison) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8080 Norton Parkway, Mentor, OH, USA, 44060
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.
Executives
Ignacio J Walker officer: VP and Chief Legal Officer 207 GOODE AVE, GLENDALE CA 91203
Divina Fe Santiago officer: VP Controller 8080 NORTON PARKWAY, MENTOR OH 44060
Julia A Stewart director 4551 WEST 107TH STREET STE 100, C/O APPLEBEES INTERNATIONAL INC, OVERLAND PARK KS 66207
Francisco Melo officer: President, Solutions Group 8080 NORTON PARKWAY, MENTOR OH 44060
Hassan Rmaile officer: President, Materials Group 1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD, P.O. BOX 64683, ST. PAUL MN 55110
Andres Alberto Lopez director ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY, PERRYSBURG OH 43551
Francesca Reverberi director C/O TRINSEO S.A., 1000 CHESTERBROOK BLVD., SUITE 300, BERWYN PA 19312
Anthony Anderson director 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Martha N. Sullivan director 529 PLEASANT STREET, MS B-7, ATTLEBORO MA 02703
William Raymond Wagner director C/O VOCUS, INC., 4296 FORBES BOULEVARD, LANHAM MD 20706
Bradley A Alford director 150 N ORANGE GROVE BLVD, PASADENA CA 91103
Deena Baker-nel officer: VP & Chief HR Officer 207 GOODE AVE, GLENDALE CA 91203
Gregory Lovins officer: V.P. and Interim CFO 207 GOODE AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91203
Ken C Hicks director 150 N. ORANGE GROVE BLVD, PASADENA CA 91103
Nicholas Colisto officer: VP & Chief Information Officer C/O AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, 207 GOODE AVE, GLENDALE CA 91203

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