Core Insights - Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) reported adjusted earnings of $2.42 per share for Q2 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.38, with year-over-year earnings remaining flat [1][10] - Total revenues decreased by 0.7% year over year to $2.22 billion, slightly missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.23 billion [2][10] - The company expects adjusted EPS for Q3 2025 to be between $2.24 and $2.40 [8] Financial Performance - The cost of sales increased by 0.6% year over year to $1.58 billion, leading to a gross profit decline of 3.6% to $639 million [2] - Marketing, general, and administrative expenses were reduced to $352 million from $374 million in the previous year, with adjusted operating profit around $287 million, flat compared to the prior year [3] - The adjusted operating margin remained stable at 12.9% [3] Segment Performance - Revenues in the Materials Group segment rose by 0.2% year over year to $1.55 billion, exceeding estimates, but organic sales fell by 1% [4] - The Solutions Group experienced a 2.6% revenue decline year over year to $670 million, with organic sales down by 0.8% [5] Cash and Debt Position - Avery Dennison returned $503 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends in the first half of 2025, repurchasing 2 million shares [6] - The company ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $216 million, up from $209 million a year ago, while long-term debt increased to $2.63 billion from $2.05 billion [7] Stock Performance - Avery Dennison shares have declined by 18.7% over the past year, compared to a 6.1% decline in the industry [11]

Greetings. Sean Puit here, Zach's equity strategist, and today I'm going to be discussing if it's time to buy, hold, or take profits in Sterling Infrastructure stock at all-time highs. So, if you're not familiar with Sterling Infrastructure stock, ticker symbol ST STRL, it's a stock that gained a lot of notoriety over the last few years, uh, amid Joe Biden's President Joe Biden's historic infrastructure bill, $1.2% trillion infrastructure bill.So it gave a mixed amount of federal spending on roads, bridges, ...