Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE) Competitors

Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) and Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, PTVE or SLVM?

Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PTVE or SLVM a better dividend stock?

Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvamo pays out 28.0% 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. Pactiv Evergreen is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PTVE or SLVM more profitable?

Sylvamo has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -3.16%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 30.60% beat Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pactiv Evergreen	-3.16%	14.41%	2.93%
Sylvamo	7.13%	30.60%	9.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTVE or SLVM?

Pactiv Evergreen received 24 more outperform votes than Sylvamo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.24% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote while only 34.78% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pactiv Evergreen	Outperform Votes 32 43.24%	Underperform Votes 42 56.76%
Sylvamo	Outperform Votes 8 34.78%	Underperform Votes 15 65.22%

Do analysts recommend PTVE or SLVM?

Pactiv Evergreen currently has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Sylvamo has a consensus price target of $86.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Sylvamo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pactiv Evergreen	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Sylvamo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PTVE or SLVM?

Sylvamo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pactiv Evergreen	$5.20B	0.45	-$223M	-$0.92	-14.12
Sylvamo	$3.77B	0.95	$253M	$6.43	13.59

Does the media prefer PTVE or SLVM?

In the previous week, Pactiv Evergreen had 5 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pactiv Evergreen and 3 mentions for Sylvamo. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Pactiv Evergreen's score of 0.59 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pactiv Evergreen	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sylvamo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PTVE or SLVM?

22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Sylvamo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pactiv Evergreen and Sylvamo tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.