GPK vs. PKG, SON, SEE, UFPT, WRK, ROK, DOV, AXON, HUBB, and BALL
Should you be buying Graphic Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graphic Packaging include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), WestRock (WRK), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Hubbell (HUBB), and Ball (BALL).
Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Packaging Co. of America's net margin of 7.36%. Packaging Co. of America's return on equity of 32.55% beat Graphic Packaging's return on equity.
Packaging Co. of America received 7 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $176.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.77%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $28.13, suggesting a potential downside of 0.69%. Given Packaging Co. of America's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 9 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 3 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.66 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Packaging Co. of America has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Graphic Packaging has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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