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Sep 27, 2025

FY2025 Q3

Avery Dennison (AVY) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Sep 27, 2025

For the current quarter, revenue remained stable compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross profit was slightly lower than the prior quarter, while cost of revenue was unchanged, resulting in a gross margin that marginally weakened from the prior quarter but held steady compared to the same quarter last year.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Sep 27, 2025 · FY2025 Q3

For the current quarter, revenue remained stable compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross profit was slightly lower than the prior quarter, while cost of revenue was unchanged, resulting in a gross margin that marginally weakened from the prior quarter but held steady compared to the same quarter last year.

  • The strongest observable margin driver is the slight decrease in gross profit against unchanged revenue, which directly caused the gross margin to edge lower from the prior quarter.
  • Compared to the prior quarter, gross margin was slightly lower, while compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was unchanged.

Gross margin snapshot

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

Gross margin

28.7%

Gross profit

$635.0M

Revenue

$2.2B

Cost of revenue

$1.6B

Quarter-over-quarter change

-0.1 pts

Year-over-year change

-0.0 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

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

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Dec 28, 2024$2.2B$609.2M$1.6B27.9%
Mar 29, 2025$2.1B$621.5M$1.5B28.9%
Jun 28, 2025$2.2B$639.1M$1.6B28.8%
Sep 27, 2025$2.2B$635.0M$1.6B28.7%

Quarterly comparisons

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

Previous-quarter change

Jun 28, 2025

-0.1 pts

Year-over-year change

Sep 28, 2024

-0.0 pts

What the margin says

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

The strongest observable margin driver is the slight decrease in gross profit against unchanged revenue, which directly caused the gross margin to edge lower from the prior quarter.

Compared to the prior quarter, gross margin was slightly lower, while compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was unchanged.

Monitor whether gross profit continues to vary relative to the steady revenue trend.