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Mar 30, 2024

FY2024 Q1

Avery Dennison (AVY) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Mar 30, 2024

Revenue increased while cost of revenue remained stable, resulting in higher gross profit and an improved gross margin. The gross margin reflects the relationship between gross profit and revenue, with cost of revenue unchanged.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Mar 30, 2024 · FY2024 Q1

Revenue increased while cost of revenue remained stable, resulting in higher gross profit and an improved gross margin. The gross margin reflects the relationship between gross profit and revenue, with cost of revenue unchanged.

  • The strongest observable driver was revenue growth with cost of revenue unchanged, which directly lifted gross profit and margin.
  • Compared with the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin was higher; compared with the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was also higher. Revenue was higher in both comparisons, while cost of revenue was stable.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

29.4%

Gross profit

$632.2M

Revenue

$2.2B

Cost of revenue

$1.5B

Quarter-over-quarter change

+1.1 pts

Year-over-year change

+3.1 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Jul 1, 2023$2.1B$553.4M$1.5B26.5%
Sep 30, 2023$2.1B$585.8M$1.5B27.9%
Dec 30, 2023$2.1B$596.0M$1.5B28.2%
Mar 30, 2024$2.2B$632.2M$1.5B29.4%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Dec 30, 2023

+1.1 pts

Year-over-year change

Apr 1, 2023

+3.1 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

The strongest observable driver was revenue growth with cost of revenue unchanged, which directly lifted gross profit and margin.

Compared with the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin was higher; compared with the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was also higher. Revenue was higher in both comparisons, while cost of revenue was stable.

Monitor the trend in cost of revenue relative to revenue, as its stability was a key factor in the margin improvement.