AVY vs KOP vs WFG Stock Comparison

Avery Dennison, Koppers Holdings and West Fraser Timber Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AVY Avery Dennison Corp
$182.12 +6.6% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$13.82B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.36B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
$41.83 -9.3% 1M +43.0% 1Y
Market cap
$789.13M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.89B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Koppers Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Koppers Holdings 5, Avery Dennison 4, West Fraser Timber 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVYKOPWFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.82B $789.13M $5.23B AVY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.5x -9.1x -4.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.2x 10.9x — KOP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% -5.0% -7.1% AVY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -4.6% -20.4% KOP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -2.7% -18.0% KOP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 23.6x 2.1x WFG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.4% +43.0% +9.9% KOP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.5%/yr +3.6%/yr -3.1%/yr KOP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.4% 35.6% 33.2% AVY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 48/100 35/100 AVY

Percentile Scorecard

AVYKOPWFG

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

AxisAVYKOPWFG
Valuation 61 #37 of 94 74 #25 of 94 46 #157 of 289
Growth 84 #16 of 92 28 #67 of 92 9 #244 of 268
Profitability 91 #9 of 86 40 #52 of 86 20 #189 of 237
Financial Health – 17 #77 of 93 38 #180 of 288
Shareholder Returns 40 #43 of 71 79 #16 of 71 60 #83 of 206
Overall 69 48 35
  • AVY ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • KOP ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • WFG ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAVYKOPWFGSPY
1 month +6.6%-9.3%-3.6% +0.7%
3 months +4.2%-14.8%+7.1% +3.7%
6 months +11.1%+2.4%+7.8% +7.1%
Year to date +0.1%+54.5%+11.6% +12.8%
1 year +3.4%+43.0%+9.9% +11.9%
3 years +5.5%+15.1%+1.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +1.8%+4.8%+0.5% +22.8%
5 years -16.4%+19.2%-14.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year -3.5%+3.6%-3.1% +10.9%
10 years +165.4%+29.5%+98.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.3%+2.6%+7.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAVYKOPWFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.4%35.6%33.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.6%36.3%31.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.480.960.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.141.210.30 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.3%-58.8%-43.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.8%-20.1%-11.0% -1.2%
52-week high $197.45$52.33$76.69 $779.14
52-week low $153.01$26.67$57.91 $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.

MultipleAVYKOPWFG
P/E now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 21.0x -9.2xmedian 21.0x -5.0xmedian 17.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.9x 45.4xmedian 12.9x 32.7xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.2xmedian 15.5x 5.7xmedian 15.5x -11.4xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 1.7x 2.0xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 1.24median 1.68 0.20median 1.68 -1.67median 0.78

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 monthsAVYKOPWFG
Revenue $9.36B $1.89B $5.30B
Gross profit $2.70B $423.40M $1.30B
Operating income – -$42.30M -$1.31B
Net income $708.30M -$86.90M -$1.08B
Free cash flow – $138.70M -$472.00M
EPS (diluted) $9.27 $-4.54 $-13.64
Cash & equivalents $271.40M $40.70M $203.00M
Total debt – $897.60M $578.00M
Shares (diluted) 76.40M 19.13M 79.16M
Enterprise value $13.82B $629.73M $4.67B

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
MetricAVYKOPWFG
P/E 19.6x -9.2x -5.0x
P/FCF 12.2x 5.7x -11.4x
P/Operating cash flow 11.3x 4.1x –
P/S 1.5x 0.4x 1.0x
P/B 5.8x 2.0x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 5.8x 2.7x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA – 45.4x 32.7x
EV/EBIT – -39.0x -4.4x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 0.9x 1.1x
EV/FCF – 11.9x -12.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.3x 8.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.24 0.20 -1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVYKOPWFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% -5.0% -7.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.2% -3.5% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.8% -0.3% -10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 2.9% -14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -134.6% -307.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -30.9% -108.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 1.8% -675.5% -465.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.6% -44.9% -116.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.0% -708.8% -327.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.9% -46.9% 3.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.6% 44.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 34.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 92.9% 13.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 83.6% 0.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVYKOPWFG
Gross margin – 22.4% 24.6%
EBITDA margin – 1.9% 3.3%
Operating margin – -2.2% -24.7%
Pretax margin – -5.2% -25.6%
Net margin – -4.6% -20.4%
FCF margin – 7.3% -8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 13.0% 10.1% –
Return on equity – -18.6% -20.3%
Return on assets – -4.8% –
Return on invested capital – -2.7% -18.0%
Return on capital employed – -2.8% –
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x -2.2x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVYKOPWFG
Debt / assets – 52.1% –
Debt / equity – 2.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 23.6x 2.1x
Debt / FCF – 6.5x -1.2x
Liabilities / assets – 77.5% –
Equity / assets 26.1% 22.5% –
Interest coverage – -0.7x -42.2x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.3x –
Quick ratio – 0.9x –
Cash ratio – 0.1x –
Altman Z-score – 1.97 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVYKOPWFG
Dividend yield 2.1% 0.8% 1.9%
Net buyback yield – 6.5% –
Shareholder yield 2.1% 7.4% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAVYKOPWFG
Forward P/E 17.2xFY2026 10.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $10.61FY2026 $3.83FY2026 $-4.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 -5.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +7.9% +23.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.82BFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 $5.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 -1.6%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.1% +2.4% +9.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVYKOPWFG
Held by institutions 97.4% 100.0% 49.7%
Institutions holding 784 219 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +1.7% +3.1%
Institutions buying 384 108 79
Institutions selling 272 66 55
Buyers to sellers 1.41 1.64 1.44

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.

AVYKOPWFG
AVY 1.00 0.23 0.44
KOP 0.23 1.00 0.24
WFG 0.44 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVY, KOP and WFG?

Avery Dennison (AVY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Avery Dennison (AVY) $13.82B, Koppers Holdings (KOP) $789.13M, West Fraser Timber (WFG) $5.23B.

Which company is growing faster?

Avery Dennison (AVY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Avery Dennison (AVY) +6.8%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) -5.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -7.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Koppers Holdings (KOP) has the highest net margin (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -4.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -20.4%). On return on invested capital, Koppers Holdings (KOP) leads (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -2.7%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -18.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Koppers Holdings (KOP) returned the most: Avery Dennison (AVY) +3.4%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) +43.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) +9.9%. Over five years, Koppers Holdings (KOP) compounded fastest (Avery Dennison (AVY) -3.5%/yr, Koppers Holdings (KOP) +3.6%/yr, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -3.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Avery Dennison (AVY) has been the steadiest (Avery Dennison (AVY) 23.4%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) 35.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 33.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AVY, KOP and WFG?

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