AVY vs GLW vs MMM Stock Comparison

Avery Dennison, Corning and 3M Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AVY Avery Dennison Corp
$183.42 +7.7% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$13.87B
P/E
19.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25B
Div. yield
0.02%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$127.80 -18.4% 1M +46.2% 1Y
Market cap
$109.32B
P/E
57.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.96B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins
MMM 3M Co
$172.79 +1.9% 1M +2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$88.92B
P/E
25.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.25B
Div. yield
0.02%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Corning leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Corning 5, Avery Dennison 5, 3M 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVYGLWMMMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.87B $109.32B $88.92B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.7x 57.5x 25.1x AVY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.3x 37.0x 19.5x AVY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.8% +19.4% +1.7% GLW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.6% 11.2% 14.0% MMM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.3% 10.4% 22.0% MMM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.5x 1.6x GLW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% AVY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.0% +46.2% +2.5% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.5%/yr +29.3%/yr +3.0%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.5% 74.7% 25.6% AVY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 57/100 49/100 AVY

Percentile Scorecard

AVYGLWMMM

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

AxisAVYGLWMMM
Valuation 60 #38 of 94 18 #77 of 94 37 #129 of 203
Growth 84 #16 of 92 99 #2 of 92 59 #77 of 187
Profitability 93 #7 of 89 81 #18 of 89 86 #26 of 185
Financial Health 33 #65 of 97 59 #40 of 97 18 #179 of 219
Shareholder Returns 77 #17 of 70 28 #51 of 70 43 #87 of 153
Overall 69 57 49
  • AVY ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • MMM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAVYGLWMMMSPY
1 month +7.7%-18.4%+1.9% -0.8%
3 months +12.5%-10.8%-3.0% +3.5%
6 months +11.2%-23.9%+18.5% +7.0%
Year to date +0.8%+46.0%+7.9% +12.2%
1 year +1.0%+46.2%+2.5% +13.0%
3 years +7.6%+380.6%+136.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +2.5%+68.8%+33.2% +23.1%
5 years -11.9%+261.1%+15.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -2.5%+29.3%+3.0% +11.0%
10 years +158.5%+455.2%+24.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.0%+18.7%+2.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAVYGLWMMMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.5%74.7%25.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.7%75.7%24.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.483.030.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.040.620.10 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.3%-51.6%-53.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.1%-50.0%-6.0% -1.8%
52-week high $197.45$255.69$183.81 $779.14
52-week low $153.01$78.03$141.20 $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.

MultipleAVYGLWMMM
P/E now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 21.6x 58.0xmedian 21.6x 25.4xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x 6.5xmedian 1.4x 3.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 12.4x 28.8xmedian 12.4x 16.1xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 15.8x 46.0xmedian 15.8x 33.4xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 1.6x 8.4xmedian 1.6x 21.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.05median 1.66 1.33median 1.66 0.71median 1.26

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 monthsAVYGLWMMM
Revenue $9.25B $16.96B $25.25B
Gross profit $2.68B $6.17B $9.98B
Operating income $1.19B $2.60B $4.74B
Net income $704.90M $2.07B $3.58B
Free cash flow $1.06B $2.40B $2.68B
R&D – $1.14B $1.21B
EPS (diluted) $9.23 $2.17 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $227.30M $2.50B $4.84B
Total debt $14.80B $8.47B $15.00B
Shares (diluted) 76.40M 875.00M 522.60M
Enterprise value $12.65B $101.89B $70.37B

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
MetricAVYGLWMMM
P/E 19.9x 58.0x 25.4x
P/FCF 13.1x 46.0x 33.4x
P/Operating cash flow 11.3x 28.1x 24.6x
P/S 1.5x 6.5x 3.5x
P/B 6.0x 8.4x 21.4x
P/Tangible book 9.0x 8.8x 42.2x
EV/EBITDA 11.4x 28.8x 16.1x
EV/EBIT 14.6x 44.7x 20.9x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 6.8x 3.9x
EV/FCF 16.3x 48.5x 37.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.1x 29.6x 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.05 1.33 0.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVYGLWMMM
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.8% 19.4% 1.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 8.4% 10.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.4% 24.9% -1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 15.6% 17.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 5.9% 51.7% -3.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 39.6% 33.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -0.9% 128.4% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 44.1% 35.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.6% 129.3% 7.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 43.7% 35.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 51.6% 79.5% 42.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 27.4% -18.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 67.3% 100.6% 68.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.2% 111.0% -18.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVYGLWMMM
Gross margin 29.0% 36.4% 39.5%
EBITDA margin 16.5% 23.8% 24.4%
Operating margin 12.8% 15.3% 18.8%
Pretax margin 10.4% 14.2% 17.5%
Net margin 7.6% 11.2% 14.0%
FCF margin 11.5% 14.1% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 13.3% 23.1% 14.4%
Return on equity 30.5% 16.3% 101.3%
Return on assets 7.8% 6.5% 9.8%
Return on invested capital 14.3% 10.4% 22.0%
Return on capital employed 19.5% 10.0% 18.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.9x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 2.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVYGLWMMM
Debt / assets 39.9% 25.7% 37.9%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.6x 3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.5x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 3.5x 3.5x 5.6x
Liabilities / assets 74.8% 60.2% 89.5%
Equity / assets 25.2% 39.8% 10.5%
Interest coverage 8.4x 7.3x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.8x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 3.58 5.00 4.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVYGLWMMM
Dividend yield 2.1% 0.9% 1.8%
Net buyback yield 2.9% -0.5% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 5.1% 0.4% 4.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 41.7% 47.8% 44.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.7% 41.4% 59.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.4% -0.3% 3.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 0.9% -21.4%

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.

ConsensusAVYGLWMMM
Forward P/E 17.3xFY2026 37.0xFY2026 19.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.61FY2026 $3.45FY2026 $8.88FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 +36.9%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.9% +24.1% +16.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.82BFY2026 $18.34BFY2026 $23.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.1% +31.0% +17.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVYGLWMMM
Held by institutions 97.4% 73.0% 74.5%
Institutions holding 783 2,680 2,208
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +3.5% +0.8%
Institutions buying 384 1,474 914
Institutions selling 272 949 837
Buyers to sellers 1.41 1.55 1.09

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.

AVYGLWMMM
AVY 1.00 -0.03 0.46
GLW -0.03 1.00 0.17
MMM 0.46 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVY, GLW and MMM?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Avery Dennison (AVY) $13.87B, Corning (GLW) $109.32B, 3M (MMM) $88.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, AVY, GLW and MMM?

Avery Dennison (AVY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Avery Dennison (AVY) 19.7x, Corning (GLW) 57.5x, 3M (MMM) 25.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Avery Dennison (AVY) is cheapest (Avery Dennison (AVY) 17.3x, Corning (GLW) 37.0x, 3M (MMM) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corning (GLW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Avery Dennison (AVY) +5.8%, Corning (GLW) +19.4%, 3M (MMM) +1.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

3M (MMM) has the highest net margin (Avery Dennison (AVY) 7.6%, Corning (GLW) 11.2%, 3M (MMM) 14.0%). On return on invested capital, 3M (MMM) leads (Avery Dennison (AVY) 14.3%, Corning (GLW) 10.4%, 3M (MMM) 22.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Avery Dennison (AVY) +1.0%, Corning (GLW) +46.2%, 3M (MMM) +2.5%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (Avery Dennison (AVY) -2.5%/yr, Corning (GLW) +29.3%/yr, 3M (MMM) +3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Avery Dennison (AVY) has the highest dividend yield: Avery Dennison (AVY) 0.02%, Corning (GLW) 0.01%, 3M (MMM) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Avery Dennison (AVY) has been the steadiest (Avery Dennison (AVY) 23.5%, Corning (GLW) 74.7%, 3M (MMM) 25.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AVY, GLW and MMM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corning (GLW) 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.