AVY Avery Dennison Corporation
$175.06
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 109.9% above fair value

You pay $175.06
Bear $61.46
Fair $83.41
Bull $105.36
Bear $61.46 -64.9% $8.78 × 7x
Fair $83.41 -52.4% $8.78 × 10x
Bull $105.36 -39.8% $8.78 × 12x

Adjust Assumptions

9.5x
8.78$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($8.78)

Implied Market Multiple 19.9x

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.

Average Target (18 analysts) $200.25
Divergence from AlphaVal 58%

Summary

Using 7-year normalized EPS of $8.78 at a 10x cycle multiple, the base-case value is $83.41 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 $200.25 (from 18 analysts). Our estimate is 58% 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