Avery Dennison (STU:AV3) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:AV3 Avery Dennison Corp STU:AV3
88 GF Score
Price €146.00
GF Value €182.51
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Avery Dennison Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Avery Dennison's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €438 Mil. Avery Dennison's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,779 Mil. Avery Dennison's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1,366 Mil. Avery Dennison's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.35.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:AV3' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 2.33   Max: 3.85
Current: 2.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Avery Dennison was 3.85. The lowest was 1.80. And the median was 2.33.

STU:AV3's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.61% of 341 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.45 vs STU:AV3: 2.54

Avery Dennison  (STU:AV3) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Avery Dennison Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Avery Dennison Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Avery Dennison Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:AV3 vs CCK, BALL, IP: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


STU:AV3
88GF Score
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Avery Dennison Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Avery Dennison's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(490.44233470987 + 2875.8993571459) / 1230.4865598986
=2.74

Avery Dennison's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(437.76786495233 + 2779.4104784396) / 1366.1191935365
=2.35

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Avery Dennison (STU:AV3) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Avery Dennison stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €146.00 is trading 20% below its estimated GF Value™ of €182.51. GuruFocus considers Avery Dennison to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for STU:AV3:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €182.51 vs. price of €146.00 (20% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 88/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:AV3 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Avery Dennison Business Description

Other Exchanges AVY:USA0HJR:UKAVY:Argentina
Address 8080 Norton Parkway, Mentor, OH, USA, 44060
Avery Dennison Corp provides materials science and digital identification solutions, offering labeling and functional materials, RFID inlays and tags, software connecting physical and digital, and products that enhance packaging and customer experience. Serving industries including retail, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food, pharmaceuticals, and automotive it operates through two reportable segments: Materials Group, which manufactures and sells pressure-sensitive label materials, graphics, reflective products, performance tapes, and other adhesive solutions, and earns the majority of revenue; and Solutions Group, which provides brand and price tickets, tags, labels with RFID inlays, and related services, supplies, and equipment.
88GF Score

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€146.00
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€182.51
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