AVY Avery Dennison Corporation
$159.66
Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80%
Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 65.5% above fair value

You pay $159.66
Bear $59.38
Fair $96.49
Bull $133.60
Bear $59.38 -62.8% $8.78 × 7x + net cash
Fair $96.49 -39.6% $8.78 × 10x + net cash
Bull $133.60 -16.3% $8.78 × 12x + net cash

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($8.78)

Implied Market Multiple 18.2x

Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $214.75 from 18 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $96.49 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 $214.75 (from 18 analysts). Our estimate is 73% 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