PACK vs. ITP, KMB, AVY, AG, IAG, SCL, HWKN, FSM, ANDE, and NGVT
Should you be buying Ranpak stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ranpak include IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Avery Dennison (AVY), First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IAG), Stepan (SCL), Hawkins (HWKN), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Andersons (ANDE), and Ingevity (NGVT).
IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) and Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Ranpak's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat IT Tech Packaging's score of 0.00 indicating that IT Tech Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Ranpak shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Ranpak shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ranpak has a net margin of -6.70% compared to Ranpak's net margin of -14.88%. IT Tech Packaging's return on equity of -3.97% beat Ranpak's return on equity.
Ranpak has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.51%. Given IT Tech Packaging's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ranpak is more favorable than IT Tech Packaging.
IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranpak has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IT Tech Packaging received 18 more outperform votes than Ranpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave IT Tech Packaging an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Ranpak an outperform vote.
IT Tech Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ranpak. Ranpak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IT Tech Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ranpak beats IT Tech Packaging on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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