COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
AVY vs SON
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AVY scored 62.8, SON scored 69.6 — SON leads.
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Different reporting periods. AVY's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but SON's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
AVY
Avery Dennison Corporation
62.8
$183.71 · $13.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.8
SON leads
SON
Sonoco Products Company
69.6
$59.48 · $5.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestSON9.2x
- Fastest growthSON+31.2%
- Strongest balance sheetSON1.32
- Highest qualityAVY74 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueAVY-35%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AVY
stronger →← stronger
SON
74
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
64
67
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
64
50
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
83
AVY is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AVY
SON
$1.1bC+
FCF
$217mC
+5.8%C+
Rev
+31.2%A
1.59C+
D/E
1.32B
20.1xB
P/E
9.2xA
1.92C+
PEG
0.21A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AVY
SON
35% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
61% above
~-3%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~18%/yr
+41%
1-yr DCF upside
-43%
+54%
5-yr DCF upside
-38%
+76%
10-yr DCF upside
-31%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AVY
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Raising its dividend
SON
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
AVYAvery Dennison Corporation
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $13.9b. 8% off the 52-week high of $199.54. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $201.80 (implying +10% upside).
Moat
ROE 30% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 151% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
SONSonoco Products Company
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $5.9b. Trading near 52-week high of $60.67 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +31% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.21 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $63.89 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Trading within 2% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
SON leads AVY by 6.8 points (70.4 to 63.6), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade A). A contrarian could still prefer AVY, which trades about 36% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — AVY screens as growth, SON screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where AVY and SON diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.8 points in favor of SON. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- ValueAVY 49.9 · SON 82.6SON +32.7
- QualityAVY 73.7 · SON 63.6AVY +10.1
- GrowthAVY 67.2 · SON 64.1AVY +3.1
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.