AVY Avery Dennison Corporation
$160.41
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 70.8% above fair value

You pay $160.41
Bear $57.79
Fair $93.90
Bull $130.02
Bear $57.79 -64.0% $8.78 × 7x + net cash
Fair $93.90 -41.5% $8.78 × 10x + net cash
Bull $130.02 -18.9% $8.78 × 12x + net cash

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($8.78)

Implied Market Multiple 18.3x

Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $204.40 from 18 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $93.90 per share.

Warnings

This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Wall Street's average price target is $204.40 (from 18 analysts). Our estimate is 72% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
  • 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
  • Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing