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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ATS ATS	$26.18 +3.3%	$27.83	$24.52 ▼ $35.42	$2.56B	0.98	127,107 shs	128,940 shs
ESAB ESAB	$123.41 +2.1%	$122.36	$88.54 ▼ $135.97	$7.47B	1.36	267,497 shs	277,476 shs
NDSN Nordson	$203.35 +1.2%	$212.03	$196.83 ▼ $279.38	$11.57B	0.92	280,585 shs	234,721 shs
PKG Packaging Co. of America	$201.46 +0.8%	$208.05	$169.00 ▼ $250.82	$18.09B	0.77	671,712 shs	680,063 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ATS ATS	+3.33%	-2.56%	-7.26%	-14.83%	-22.29%
ESAB ESAB	+2.08%	+2.54%	+2.25%	+4.29%	+11.90%
NDSN Nordson	+1.19%	-1.55%	-1.81%	-0.79%	-24.76%
PKG Packaging Co. of America	+0.79%	+1.04%	-3.79%	-10.56%	+7.45%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ATS ATS	1.2646 of 5 stars	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.7	1.9
ESAB ESAB	1.7682 of 5 stars	1.4	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.0	1.7	1.3
NDSN Nordson	4.6303 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.5	2.5	0.6
PKG Packaging Co. of America	4.2649 of 5 stars	2.4	4.0	2.5	2.4	3.6	1.7	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ATS ATS	1.67	Reduce	$30.50	16.50% Upside
ESAB ESAB	2.71	Moderate Buy	$135.75	10.00% Upside
NDSN Nordson	2.71	Moderate Buy	$256.20	25.99% Upside
PKG Packaging Co. of America	2.86	Moderate Buy	$233.00	15.66% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NDSN, ESAB, ATS, and PKG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/1/2025	ESAB ESAB	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$123.00 ➝ $147.00
3/18/2025	ESAB ESAB	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$133.00 ➝ $140.00
3/4/2025	NDSN Nordson	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Overweight	$260.00 ➝ $260.00
2/24/2025	ESAB ESAB	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Inline	$122.00 ➝ $120.00
2/24/2025	NDSN Nordson	BNP Paribas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$219.00
2/21/2025	ESAB ESAB	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$135.00 ➝ $133.00
2/21/2025	ESAB ESAB	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$131.00 ➝ $125.00
2/13/2025	PKG Packaging Co. of America	Seaport Res Ptn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
1/30/2025	PKG Packaging Co. of America	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$282.00 ➝ $265.00
1/30/2025	PKG Packaging Co. of America	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$253.00 ➝ $236.00
1/24/2025	ESAB ESAB	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$130.00 ➝ $131.00

(Data available from 4/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ATS ATS	$2.75B	0.93	$2.50 per share	10.49	$12.62 per share	2.07
ESAB ESAB	$2.74B	2.73	$6.41 per share	19.24	$29.91 per share	4.13
NDSN Nordson	$2.67B	4.33	$11.34 per share	17.93	$50.39 per share	4.04
PKG Packaging Co. of America	$8.38B	2.16	$13.98 per share	14.41	$44.60 per share	4.52

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ATS ATS	$143.62M	$0.66	39.67	17.81	N/A	3.27%	9.95%	3.89%	5/15/2025 (Estimated)
ESAB ESAB	$205.29M	$4.32	28.57	21.17	2.01	9.66%	17.43%	7.80%	4/29/2025 (Estimated)
NDSN Nordson	$467.28M	$7.86	25.87	18.67	1.65	16.93%	19.28%	9.92%	5/19/2025 (Estimated)
PKG Packaging Co. of America	$805.10M	$8.93	22.56	17.66	2.41	9.60%	19.67%	9.19%	4/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NDSN, ESAB, ATS, and PKG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
4/22/2025	N/A	PKG Packaging Co. of America	$2.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.12 billion	N/A
2/20/2025	Q4 2024	ESAB ESAB	$1.15	$1.28	+$0.13	$0.88	$636.43 million	$633.20 million
2/19/2025	Q1 2025	NDSN Nordson	$2.08	$2.06	-$0.02	$1.65	$639.40 million	$615.42 million
2/5/2025	Q3 2025	ATS ATS	$0.23	$0.23	N/A	$0.05	$651.21 million	N/A
1/28/2025	Q4 2024	PKG Packaging Co. of America	$2.51	$2.47	-$0.04	$2.45	$2.13 billion	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ATS ATS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESAB ESAB	$0.32	0.26%	N/A	7.41%	N/A
NDSN Nordson	$3.12	1.53%	+17.50%	39.69%	62 Years
PKG Packaging Co. of America	$5.00	2.48%	+7.72%	55.99%	N/A

Latest NDSN, ESAB, ATS, and PKG Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/27/2025	ESAB ESAB	quarterly	$0.08	0.3%	4/4/2025	4/4/2025	4/17/2025
2/26/2025	PKG Packaging Co. of America	quarterly	$1.25	2.35%	3/14/2025	3/14/2025	4/15/2025
3/6/2025	NDSN Nordson	quarterly	$0.78	1.48%	3/20/2025	3/20/2025	4/3/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ATS ATS	0.97	1.92	1.58
ESAB ESAB	0.59	1.82	1.25
NDSN Nordson	0.72	2.53	1.51
PKG Packaging Co. of America	0.58	2.95	1.98

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ATS ATS	75.84%
ESAB ESAB	91.13%
NDSN Nordson	72.11%
PKG Packaging Co. of America	89.78%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ATS ATS	N/A
ESAB ESAB	7.00%
NDSN Nordson	0.80%
PKG Packaging Co. of America	1.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ATS ATS	7,000	97.93 million	N/A	Not Optionable
ESAB ESAB	9,000	60.53 million	56.22 million	Optionable
NDSN Nordson	7,330	56.91 million	56.63 million	Optionable
PKG Packaging Co. of America	15,100	89.80 million	88.37 million	Optionable

NDSN, ESAB, ATS, and PKG Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Sells 22,496 Shares of Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 3 at 4:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Allstate Corp Invests $555,000 in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 3 at 4:38 AM | marketbeat.com

Trexquant Investment LP Grows Holdings in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 2 at 6:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. Reduces Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 2 at 4:30 AM | marketbeat.com

New Age Alpha Advisors LLC Grows Holdings in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 2 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

3 Reasons PKG is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

April 1 at 10:18 AM | msn.com

Cannell & Spears LLC Sells 1,929 Shares of Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 1 at 6:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Skba Capital Management LLC Decreases Stake in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 1 at 5:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Korea Investment CORP Raises Stock Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

April 1 at 3:57 AM | marketbeat.com

Bcwm LLC Takes Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 6:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 5:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Norges Bank Buys New Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 4:45 AM | marketbeat.com

UniSuper Management Pty Ltd Boosts Stock Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 4:29 AM | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduces Holdings in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 4:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Raises Position in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 31 at 4:20 AM | marketbeat.com

Pictet Asset Management Holding SA Increases Holdings in Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Loomis Sayles & Co. L P Sells 2,071 Shares of Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG)

March 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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March 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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March 30, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

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March 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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March 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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NDSN, ESAB, ATS, and PKG Company Descriptions

ATS NYSE:ATS

$26.18 +0.83 (+3.27%)

Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$26.97 +0.79 (+3.02%)

As of 04:10 AM Eastern

ATS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides automation solutions worldwide. The company is also involved in planning, designing, building, commissioning, and servicing automated manufacturing and assembly systems, including automation products and test solutions. In addition, it offers pre-automation services comprising discovery and analysis, concept development, simulation, and total cost of ownership modelling; post automation services, including training, process optimization, preventative maintenance, emergency and on-call support, spare parts, retooling, retrofits, and equipment relocation; and contract manufacturing services, as well as after sales and services. Further, the company provides engineering design, prototyping, process verification, specification writing, software and manufacturing process controls development, standard automation products/platforms, equipment design and build, third-party equipment qualification, procurement and integration, automation system installation, product line commissioning, validation, and documentation services. Additionally, it offers value engineering, supply chain management, and integration and manufacturing capabilities, as well as other automation products and solutions; and software and digital solutions comprising connected factory floor management systems to capture, analyze, and use real time machine performance data to troubleshoot, deliver process and product solutions, prevent equipment downtime, drive operational efficiency, and unlock performance for sustainable production improvements. ATS Corporation serves life sciences, transportation and mobility, consumer products, food and beverage, electronics, nuclear, packaging, warehousing and distribution, and energy markets. The company was formerly known as ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. and changed its name to ATS Corporation in November 2022. ATS Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada.

ESAB NYSE:ESAB

$123.41 +2.51 (+2.08%)

Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$123.18 -0.23 (-0.19%)

As of 07:27 AM Eastern

ESAB Corporation engages in the formulation, development, manufacture, and supply of consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, automated welding, and gas control equipment. Its comprehensive range of welding consumables includes electrodes, cored and solid wires, and fluxes using a range of specialty and other materials; and cutting consumables comprising electrodes, nozzles, shields, and tips. The company's equipment ranges from portable welding machines to large customized automated cutting and welding systems. It also offers a range of software and digital solutions to help its customers increase their productivity, remotely monitor their welding operations, and digitize their documentation. The company sells its products under the ESAB brand to various end markets, such as general industry, infrastructure, renewable energy, medical and life sciences, transportation, construction, and energy. It offers its products through independent distributors and direct salespeople. The company operates in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. ESAB Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Nordson NASDAQ:NDSN

$203.35 +2.40 (+1.19%)

Closing price 04/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$200.06 -3.29 (-1.62%)

As of 07:26 AM Eastern

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial Precision Solutions; Medical and Fluid Solutions; and Advanced Technology Solutions. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems used in packaged goods industries; components and systems used in the thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; precision agriculture spraying solutions; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; and product assembly systems for use in paper and paperboard converting applications, and manufacturing roll goods. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment used primarily in curing and drying operations. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers medical devices, including cannulas, catheters, and medical balloons; single-use plastic components; precision manual and semi-automated dispensers; minimally invasive interventional delivery devices; and plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for the attachment, protection, and coating of fluids, as well as related gas plasma treatment systems for cleaning and conditioning surfaces; and bond testing and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems for use in semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. The company markets its products through direct sales force, as well as distributors and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

Packaging Co. of America NYSE:PKG

$201.46 +1.53 (+0.77%)

Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$195.80 -5.66 (-2.81%)

As of 07:59 AM Eastern

Packaging Corporation of America engages in the production of container products. It operates through the following segments: Packaging, Paper, and Corporate and Other. The Packaging segment offers a variety of corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers. The Paper segment manufactures and sells a range of papers, including communication-based papers, and pressure sensitive papers. The Corporate and Other segment focuses on transportation assets, such as rail cars, and trucks. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

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