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AVY vs SLGN

Side-by-side comparison of Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) and Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • AVY operates in Consumer Discretionary, while SLGN operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • AVY is the larger of the two at $11.87B, about 2.4x SLGN ($4.91B).
  • Over the past year, AVY is down 13.6% and SLGN is down 32.6% - AVY leads by 19.0 points.
  • SLGN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for AVY).
  • Both have 23 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAVY-13.62%SLGN-32.60%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricAVYSLGN
Company
Avery Dennison Corporation
Silgan Holdings Inc.
Price
$155.12+1.34%
$36.63+0.94%
Market cap
$11.87B
$4.91B
1M return
-6.94%
-9.56%
1Y return
-13.62%
-32.60%
Industry
Containers/Packaging
Containers/Packaging
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2022
News (4w)
3
10
Recent ratings
23
23
AVY

Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison Corporation manufactures and markets pressure-sensitive materials in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and internationally. The company's Label and Graphic Materials segment offers pressure-sensitive label and packaging materials; and graphics and reflective products under the Fasson, JAC, Avery Dennison, and Mactac brands, as well as durable cast and reflective films. It provides its products to the home and personal care, beer and beverage, durables, pharmaceutical, wine and spirits, and food market segments; architectural, commercial sign, digital printing, and other related market segments; construction, automotive, and fleet transportation market segments, as well as traffic and safety applications; and sign shops, commercial printers, and designers. The company's Retail Branding and Information Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells brand embellishments, graphic tickets, tags and labels, and sustainable packaging solutions, as well as offers creative services; item-level radio-frequency identification solutions; visibility and loss prevention solutions; price ticketing and marking solutions; care, content, and country of origin compliance solutions; and brand protection and security solutions. It serves retailers, brand owners, apparel manufacturers, distributors, and industrial customers. The company's Industrial and Healthcare Materials segment offers tapes; pressure-sensitive adhesive based materials and converted products; medical fasteners; and performance polymers under the Fasson, Avery Dennison, and Yongle brands. It serves automotive, electronics, building and construction, general industrial, personal care, and medical markets. The company was formerly known as Avery International Corporation and changed its name to Avery Dennison Corporation in 1990. Avery Dennison Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Glendale, California.

SLGN

Silgan Holdings Inc.

Silgan Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells rigid packaging for consumer goods products in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Metal Containers, Closures, and Plastic Containers. The Metal Containers segment manufactures and sells steel and aluminum containers for food products, such as pet food, vegetables, soups, proteins, tomato based products, adult nutritional drinks, fruits, and other miscellaneous food products, as well as general line metal containers primarily for chemicals. The Closures segment offers a range of metal and plastic closures, and dispensing systems for use in food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, and beauty products, as well as capping/sealing equipment and detection systems. The Plastic Containers segment manufactures and sells custom designed and stock plastic containers for use in personal care and health care; food and beverage; household and industrial chemical; pharmaceutical; pet food and care; agricultural; automotive; and marine chemical products. This segment also provides plastic thermoformed barrier and non-barrier bowls, and trays for food products, such as soups, other ready-to-eat meals, and pet food products; and plastic closures, caps, sifters, and fitments, as well as thermoformed plastic tubs for food, household, and personal care products, including soft fabric wipes. The company markets its products primarily through direct sales force, as well as through a network of distributors and an online shopping catalog. Silgan Holdings Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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