PKG vs. GPK, SON, SEE, UFPT, WRK, EMR, JCI, GWW, FERG, and IR
Should you be buying Packaging Co. of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Packaging Co. of America include Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), WestRock (WRK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Johnson Controls International (JCI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ferguson (FERG), and Ingersoll Rand (IR).
Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Packaging Co. of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 7 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 10 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 news media.
99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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.
Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus target price of $28.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.69%. Packaging Co. of America has a consensus target price of $176.57, indicating a potential downside of 3.77%. Given Packaging Co. of America's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Graphic Packaging pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% 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. Graphic Packaging has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Packaging Co. of America has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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