NNUP vs DD vs AVY Stock Comparison

Nocopi Technologies, DuPont de Nemours and Avery Dennison Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
$140.67 +8.1% 1M +309.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.00B
P/E
347.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.99B
Div. yield
3.41%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins
AVY Avery Dennison Corp
$182.12 +6.6% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$13.82B
P/E
19.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.36B
Div. yield
2.13%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionNNUPDDAVYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.79M $19.00B $13.82B DD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -27.8x 347.6x 19.6x AVY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.8x 17.2x AVY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.5% +3.3% +6.8% AVY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -32.7% 0.8% — DD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 3.41% 2.13% DD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.0% +309.2% +3.4% DD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.0%/yr +37.1%/yr -3.5%/yr DD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.3% 113.9% 23.4% AVY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 37/100 55/100 69/100 AVY

Percentile Scorecard

NNUPDDAVY

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

AxisNNUPDDAVY
Valuation 36 #61 of 94 58 #40 of 94 61 #37 of 94
Growth 18 #76 of 92 44 #52 of 92 84 #16 of 92
Profitability 34 #57 of 86 73 #24 of 86 91 #9 of 86
Financial Health 92 #8 of 93 72 #27 of 93 –
Shareholder Returns 7 #66 of 71 27 #52 of 71 40 #43 of 71
Overall 37 55 69
  • NNUP ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • DD ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • AVY ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNNUPDDAVYSPY
1 month -5.3%+8.1%+6.6% +0.7%
3 months -7.0%+1.4%+4.2% +3.7%
6 months +9.6%+208.1%+11.1% +7.1%
Year to date +6.7%+249.9%+0.1% +12.8%
1 year -3.0%+309.2%+3.4% +11.9%
3 years -52.5%+361.2%+5.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year -22.0%+66.5%+1.8% +22.8%
5 years -22.7%+383.1%-16.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -5.0%+37.1%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years +1,130.8%+338.1%+165.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year +28.5%+15.9%+10.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNNUPDDAVYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.3%113.9%23.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 84.3%26.6%21.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.081.580.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.052.710.14 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.6%-41.1%-33.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-4.5%-7.8% -1.2%
52-week high $1.97$147.23$197.45 $779.14
52-week low $1.40$34.09$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.

MultipleNNUPDDAVY
P/E now vs peer median -27.8xmedian 21.0x 347.6xmedian 21.0x 19.6xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 9.4xmedian 1.4x 2.7xmedian 1.4x 1.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -7.7xmedian 12.9x 9.8xmedian 12.9x —median 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.6xmedian 15.5x 27.1xmedian 15.5x 12.2xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.7x 1.4xmedian 1.7x 5.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.91median 1.68 -4.55median 1.68 1.24median 1.68

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 monthsNNUPDDAVY
Revenue $2.01M $6.99B $9.36B
Gross profit $896.18K $2.46B $2.70B
Operating income -$1.07M $1.63B –
Net income -$656.03K $62.00M $708.30M
Free cash flow $542.27K $702.00M –
R&D $195.80K $18.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $0.40 $9.27
Cash & equivalents $10.69M $1.74B $271.40M
Total debt – $3.13B –
Shares (diluted) 11.40M 136.80M 76.40M
Enterprise value -$26.86M $13.99B $13.82B

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
MetricNNUPDDAVY
P/E -27.8x 347.6x 19.6x
P/FCF 34.6x 27.1x 12.2x
P/Operating cash flow 33.8x 18.2x 11.3x
P/S 9.4x 2.7x 1.5x
P/B 1.3x 1.4x 5.8x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 1.7x 5.8x
EV/EBITDA -7.7x 9.8x –
EV/EBIT -7.6x 12.5x –
EV/Revenue 4.0x 2.9x 1.5x
EV/FCF 14.9x 29.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 14.6x 19.6x 11.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.91 -4.55 1.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNNUPDDAVY
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.5% 3.3% 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.1% -17.7% 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -23.4% 7.6% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -39.7% -17.5% 7.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.7% 8.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -34.2% -13.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 3.3% 136.0% 1.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -35.0% -76.5% 13.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.4% 129.1% 4.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -30.4% -76.4% 15.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -30.1% 1,101% 42.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.0% -12.8% 12.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -31.7% 378.6% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% -7.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNNUPDDAVY
Gross margin 44.7% 35.1% –
EBITDA margin -52.7% 29.7% –
Operating margin -53.5% 23.4% –
Pretax margin -32.7% 6.8% –
Net margin -32.7% 0.8% –
FCF margin 27.0% 10.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 27.7% 14.9% 13.0%
Return on equity -4.6% 0.6% –
Return on assets -4.3% 0.4% –
Return on invested capital – 8.8% –
Return on capital employed -7.6% 8.5% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.8x 16.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 5.5% 0.6% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNNUPDDAVY
Debt / assets – 14.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x –
Debt / FCF – 4.5x –
Liabilities / assets 9.7% 34.1% –
Equity / assets 90.3% 65.9% 26.1%
Interest coverage -44.1x 7.2x –
Current ratio 12.1x 2.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 10.4x 1.7x –
Cash ratio 9.3x 0.9x –
Altman Z-score 6.97 0.72 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNNUPDDAVY
Dividend yield – 3.4% 2.1%
Net buyback yield -3.2% -0.7% –
Shareholder yield -3.2% 2.7% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 672.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 59.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -36.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -13.6% –

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.

ConsensusNNUPDDAVY
Forward P/E – 20.8xFY2026 17.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.77FY2026 $10.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +34.3%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.6% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $7.32BFY2026 $9.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +6.9%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +7.2% +0.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNNUPDDAVY
Held by institutions – 73.0% 97.4%
Institutions holding – 1,119 784
Change in shares held, QoQ – -5.7% +2.7%
Institutions buying – 1,091 384
Institutions selling – 27 272
Buyers to sellers – 40.41 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.

NNUPDDAVY
NNUP 1.00 0.02 -0.02
DD 0.02 1.00 0.08
AVY -0.02 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NNUP, DD and AVY?

DuPont de Nemours (DD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) $18.79M, DuPont de Nemours (DD) $19.00B, Avery Dennison (AVY) $13.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, NNUP, DD and AVY?

Avery Dennison (AVY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) -27.8x, DuPont de Nemours (DD) 347.6x, Avery Dennison (AVY) 19.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Avery Dennison (AVY) is cheapest (DuPont de Nemours (DD) 20.8x, Avery Dennison (AVY) 17.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Avery Dennison (AVY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) -4.5%, DuPont de Nemours (DD) +3.3%, Avery Dennison (AVY) +6.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours (DD) has the highest net margin (Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) -32.7%, DuPont de Nemours (DD) 0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year DuPont de Nemours (DD) returned the most: Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) -3.0%, DuPont de Nemours (DD) +309.2%, Avery Dennison (AVY) +3.4%. Over five years, DuPont de Nemours (DD) compounded fastest (Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) -5.0%/yr, DuPont de Nemours (DD) +37.1%/yr, Avery Dennison (AVY) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

DuPont de Nemours (DD) has the highest dividend yield: DuPont de Nemours (DD) 3.41%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 2.13%. Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Avery Dennison (AVY) has been the steadiest (Nocopi Technologies (NNUP) 66.3%, DuPont de Nemours (DD) 113.9%, Avery Dennison (AVY) 23.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NNUP, DD 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, DuPont de Nemours (DD) 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.