PTVE vs. REYN, SLVM, MLKN, PACK, MATV, RYAM, MERC, VIRC, MAGN, and DSY
Should you be buying Pactiv Evergreen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pactiv Evergreen include Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Sylvamo (SLVM), MillerKnoll (MLKN), Ranpak (PACK), Mativ (MATV), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mercer International (MERC), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Magnera (MAGN), and Big Tree Cloud (DSY). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Pactiv Evergreen vs.
Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) and Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Reynolds Consumer Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reynolds Consumer Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products had 5 more articles in the media than Pactiv Evergreen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products and 8 mentions for Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of -0.16 indicating that Pactiv Evergreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -43.5% 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.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -3.16%. Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity of 18.27% beat Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity.
Reynolds Consumer Products presently has a consensus price target of $30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 12.58%. Pactiv Evergreen has a consensus price target of $16.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.08%. Given Reynolds Consumer Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Reynolds Consumer Products is more favorable than Pactiv Evergreen.
Reynolds Consumer Products received 5 more outperform votes than Pactiv Evergreen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.03% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote while only 33.64% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.
26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Reynolds Consumer Products beats Pactiv Evergreen on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTVE) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
