VIRC vs. PACK, MATV, RYAM, MERC, MAGN, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Virco Mfg. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Mfg. include Ranpak (PACK), Mativ (MATV), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mercer International (MERC), Magnera (MAGN), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Virco Mfg. vs.
Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) and Virco Mfg. (NASDAQ:VIRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Ranpak has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.9% of Ranpak shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Ranpak shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Virco Mfg. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ranpak. Ranpak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Mfg., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virco Mfg. received 143 more outperform votes than Ranpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.23% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Ranpak an outperform vote.
Ranpak presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.62%. Virco Mfg. has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.08%. Given Virco Mfg.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than Ranpak.
In the previous week, Ranpak had 3 more articles in the media than Virco Mfg.. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ranpak and 1 mentions for Virco Mfg.. Virco Mfg.'s average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Ranpak's score of 0.70 indicating that Virco Mfg. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virco Mfg. has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Ranpak's net margin of -5.64%. Virco Mfg.'s return on equity of 24.63% beat Ranpak's return on equity.
Summary
Virco Mfg. beats Ranpak on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
