VIRC vs. PACK, MERC, RYAM, MATV, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, REYN, and PTVE
Should you be buying Virco Mfg. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Mfg. include Ranpak (PACK), Mercer International (MERC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mativ (MATV), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), and Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE). 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 industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Virco Mfg. received 144 more outperform votes than Ranpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.20% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Ranpak an outperform vote.
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.
Ranpak has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ranpak currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 75.73%. Virco Mfg. has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 78.38%. Given Virco Mfg.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than Ranpak.
85.9% of Ranpak shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Ranpak shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Virco Mfg. had 2 more articles in the media than Ranpak. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Virco Mfg. and 1 mentions for Ranpak. Ranpak's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Virco Mfg.'s score of 0.73 indicating that Ranpak is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Virco Mfg. beats Ranpak on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
