PKG vs. GPK, SON, ZBRA, IEX, NDSN, AMCR, CNHI, AVY, SWK, and GGG
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), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), Amcor (AMCR), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Avery Dennison (AVY), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Graco (GGG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus price target of $173.57, suggesting a potential downside of 5.22%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $28.13, suggesting a potential downside of 0.04%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 4 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 7 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.66 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.36%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 32.55% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.
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 received 5 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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