AMCR vs SW vs AVY Stock Comparison

Amcor, Smurfit Westrock and Avery Dennison Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMCR Amcor plc
$46.11 +7.7% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$21.40B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$23.51B
Div. yield
0.06%
Plastic Packaging Basic Materials
5 wins
SW Smurfit Westrock plc
$41.85 -10.0% 1M -2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$22.12B
P/E
44.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.33B
Div. yield
–
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
2 wins
AVY Avery Dennison Corp
$181.76 +5.3% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$14.01B
P/E
19.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25B
Div. yield
0.02%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Amcor leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Amcor 5, Avery Dennison 5, Smurfit Westrock 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMCRSWAVYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.40B $22.12B $14.01B SW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.4x 44.5x 19.9x AMCR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 18.4x 17.1x AMCR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.6% +1.7% +5.8% AMCR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.7% 1.6% 7.6% AVY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.1% 3.1% 14.3% AVY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 3.2x 2.3x AVY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.00% 0.02% AMCR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.1% -2.7% -2.4% AMCR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.4%/yr -3.0%/yr -3.5%/yr SW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.6% 44.1% 23.6% AVY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 53/100 69/100 AVY

Percentile Scorecard

AMCRSWAVY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMCRSWAVY
Valuation 40 #10 of 16 67 #6 of 16 60 #38 of 94
Growth 100 #1 of 16 67 #6 of 16 84 #16 of 92
Profitability 67 #6 of 16 40 #10 of 16 92 #8 of 89
Financial Health 44 #10 of 17 69 #6 of 17 33 #65 of 97
Shareholder Returns 77 #4 of 14 23 #11 of 14 77 #17 of 70
Overall 65 53 69
  • AMCR ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SW ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • AVY ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMCRSWAVYSPY
1 month +7.7%-10.0%+5.3% -1.0%
3 months +3.5%-13.8%+13.0% +2.9%
6 months +18.4%+4.7%+9.8% +6.4%
Year to date +10.6%+8.2%-0.1% +11.4%
1 year +12.1%-2.7%-2.4% +13.1%
3 years +6.9%+32.4%+5.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.2%+9.8%+1.6% +21.5%
5 years -24.2%-14.1%-16.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year -5.4%-3.0%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years —+91.0%+140.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+6.7%+9.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMCRSWAVYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.6%44.1%23.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.1%40.4%21.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.831.450.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.38-0.06-0.10 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.6%-55.1%-33.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-19.3%-7.9% -2.5%
52-week high $50.58$51.84$197.45 $779.14
52-week low $36.69$32.79$153.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMCRSWAVY
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 18.2x 44.1xmedian 18.2x 19.7xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 1.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.5x 8.4xmedian 9.5x 11.3xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 15.7x 21.6xmedian 15.7x 13.0xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 1.4x 5.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.55median 0.83 —median 0.83 2.03median 1.70

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMCRSWAVY
Revenue $23.51B $31.33B $9.25B
Gross profit $4.69B $5.62B $2.68B
Operating income $1.90B $1.48B $1.19B
Net income $1.11B $497.00M $704.90M
Free cash flow $1.23B $1.02B $1.06B
R&D $170.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $2.38 $0.94 $9.23
Cash & equivalents $1.12B $677.00M $227.30M
Total debt $59.83B $14.16B $14.80B
Shares (diluted) 463.80M 526.00M 76.40M
Enterprise value $16.82B $19.02B $12.79B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMCRSWAVY
P/E 19.3x 44.1x 19.7x
P/FCF 17.3x 21.6x 13.0x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x 6.7x 11.2x
P/S 0.9x 0.7x 1.5x
P/B 1.8x 1.2x 5.9x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 1.3x 8.9x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 8.4x 11.3x
EV/EBIT 18.0x 24.0x 14.5x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.1x 1.9x
EV/FCF 27.8x 34.9x 16.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x 10.7x 14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.55 – 2.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSWAVY
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.6% 1.7% 5.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.0% – 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 65.5% -4.5% 7.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.8% – 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 88.2% 17.2% 5.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% – 8.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 113.5% 41.2% -0.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.5% – 7.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% 40.1% 1.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.4% – 9.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.7% 52.3% 51.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.5% – 17.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 51.7% 1,094% 67.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% – 31.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSWAVY
Gross margin 20.0% 17.9% 29.0%
EBITDA margin 14.6% 13.5% 16.5%
Operating margin 8.1% 4.7% 12.8%
Pretax margin 5.5% 2.3% 10.4%
Net margin 4.7% 1.6% 7.6%
FCF margin 5.2% 3.2% 11.5%
Operating cash flow margin 9.2% 10.5% 13.3%
Return on equity 9.4% 2.7% 30.5%
Return on assets 3.0% 1.1% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 6.1% 3.1% 14.3%
Return on capital employed 6.4% 3.9% 19.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 6.6x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMCRSWAVY
Debt / assets 37.8% 31.3% 39.9%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.8x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 3.2x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 11.4x 14.0x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 60.0% 74.8%
Equity / assets 31.8% 40.0% 25.2%
Interest coverage 2.8x – 8.4x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.4x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.39 1.44 3.57

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMCRSWAVY
Dividend yield 5.6% 4.3% 2.1%
Net buyback yield 0.0% -0.1% 3.0%
Shareholder yield 5.6% 4.2% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 108.0% – 41.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 97.2% – 27.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 41.4% – 3.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – 5.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMCRSWAVY
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2027 18.4xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.04FY2027 $2.27FY2026 $10.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2027 +10.7%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.4% +66.5% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.41BFY2027 $33.69BFY2026 $9.83BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.4%FY2027 +8.1%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +8.8% +0.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMCRSWAVY
Held by institutions 77.1% 95.9% 97.4%
Institutions holding 684 640 783
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +5.7% +2.7%
Institutions buying 409 373 384
Institutions selling 211 191 272
Buyers to sellers 1.94 1.95 1.41

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMCRSWAVY
AMCR 1.00 0.67 0.69
SW 0.67 1.00 0.63
AVY 0.69 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMCR, SW and AVY?

Smurfit Westrock (SW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amcor (AMCR) $21.40B, Smurfit Westrock (SW) $22.12B, Avery Dennison (AVY) $14.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMCR, SW and AVY?

Amcor (AMCR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amcor (AMCR) 19.4x, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 44.5x, Avery Dennison (AVY) 19.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amcor (AMCR) is cheapest (Amcor (AMCR) 11.4x, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 18.4x, Avery Dennison (AVY) 17.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amcor (AMCR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amcor (AMCR) +56.6%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) +1.7%, Avery Dennison (AVY) +5.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Avery Dennison (AVY) has the highest net margin (Amcor (AMCR) 4.7%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 1.6%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, Avery Dennison (AVY) leads (Amcor (AMCR) 6.1%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 3.1%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 14.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amcor (AMCR) returned the most: Amcor (AMCR) +12.1%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) -2.7%, Avery Dennison (AVY) -2.4%. Over five years, Smurfit Westrock (SW) compounded fastest (Amcor (AMCR) -5.4%/yr, Smurfit Westrock (SW) -3.0%/yr, Avery Dennison (AVY) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Amcor (AMCR) has the highest dividend yield: Amcor (AMCR) 0.06%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 0.00%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 0.02%. Smurfit Westrock (SW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Avery Dennison (AVY) has been the steadiest (Amcor (AMCR) 31.6%, Smurfit Westrock (SW) 44.1%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 23.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMCR, SW and AVY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amcor (AMCR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.