Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN) Competitors

Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) and Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Is PTVE or REYN a better dividend stock?

Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 52.6% 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.

Do analysts rate PTVE or REYN?

Pactiv Evergreen presently has a consensus target price of $14.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.63%. Reynolds Consumer Products has a consensus target price of $32.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.63%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.

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
Reynolds Consumer Products	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more risk & volatility, PTVE or REYN?

Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PTVE or REYN?

Reynolds Consumer Products received 5 more outperform votes than Pactiv Evergreen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 43.24% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote while only 34.58% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pactiv Evergreen	Outperform Votes 32 43.24%	Underperform Votes 42 56.76%
Reynolds Consumer Products	Outperform Votes 37 34.58%	Underperform Votes 70 65.42%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PTVE or REYN?

22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by 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.

Does the media favor PTVE or REYN?

In the previous week, Pactiv Evergreen had 7 more articles in the media than Reynolds Consumer Products. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pactiv Evergreen and 6 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products. Reynolds Consumer Products' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Pactiv Evergreen's score of 0.60 indicating that Reynolds Consumer Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pactiv Evergreen	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reynolds Consumer Products	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PTVE or REYN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pactiv Evergreen	-3.16%	13.73%	2.89%
Reynolds Consumer Products	10.03%	18.27%	7.63%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PTVE or REYN?

Reynolds Consumer Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pactiv Evergreen	$5.51B	0.40	-$223M	-$0.92	-13.24
Reynolds Consumer Products	$3.76B	1.54	$298M	$1.75	15.76

Summary

Reynolds Consumer Products beats Pactiv Evergreen on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.