Avery Dennison Q3 2026: sales up 5.2%, adjusted EPS tops consensus
Avery Dennison cleared the adjusted earnings bar but gave up margin: adjusted EPS of $2.42 beat the $2.3471 consensus, while gross margin fell to 28.1% from 28.7%. Sales of $2.33 billion rose 5.2%, but only 3.7% was organic. The quarter reads as pricing-led growth in Materials offset by cost inflation, with cash flow still doing the heavy lifting.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP EPS of $2.24 rose 5.2% from $2.13, and adjusted EPS of $2.42 rose 2.1% from $2.37, clearing the $2.3471 consensus by about 3.1%. The beat depends entirely on the $0.18 of restructuring and other items excluded from adjusted EPS, because the $2.24 reported figure sits below consensus. Net income of $169.7 million grew just 2.0%.
Net sales of $2.33 billion rose 5.2% from $2.22 billion a year earlier, but acquisitions added 1.3 points and currency cost 0.3 points, leaving organic growth of 3.7%. Materials carried the quarter at $1.64 billion, up 8.5% reported and 4.9% organic, while Solutions fell 1.8% to $687.0 million. Growth is therefore concentrated in one segment that is already 70.5% of the total.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-11-04
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