Avery Dennison (AVY) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results before the opening bell on January 31, 2012. We can review how Avery Dennison has performed recently.
Avery Dennison Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of pressure-sensitive materials; office and consumer products; and various tickets, tags, labels, and other converted products worldwide. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
52 Week High: $43.52
52 Week Low: $23.51
Book Value: $16.48
Float Short:   6.86%
On average, analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.02 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.48. Investors will be looking to top $0.46 per share , based on the estimated mean earnings. Analyst estimates range between $0.43 and $0.48 per share.
In the last month, the stock has decreased in price -0.03%, and changing from last year at this time -31.69%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -4.57%.
Management has provided an improvement of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $6.51 billion for 2010 vs. $5.95 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $316.90 million for 2010 vs. $-746.70 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $455.60 million for 2010 vs. $-514.30 million for 2009. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure that the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue. 
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
The total short interest number of shares for AVY 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for AVY 
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