VIRC vs. MATV, PACK, RYAM, MERC, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, REYN, and SLVM
Should you be buying Virco Mfg. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Mfg. include Mativ (MATV), Ranpak (PACK), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mercer International (MERC), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), and Sylvamo (SLVM). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Virco Mfg. vs.
Virco Mfg. (NASDAQ:VIRC) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Virco Mfg. received 152 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.43% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote.
31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Virco Mfg. pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Virco Mfg. pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ pays out 20.4% 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.
In the previous week, Virco Mfg. and Virco Mfg. both had 2 articles in the media. Virco Mfg.'s average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Mativ's score of 0.66 indicating that Virco Mfg. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virco Mfg. currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.15%. Mativ has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.08%. Given Virco Mfg.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than Mativ.
Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virco Mfg. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mativ. Mativ 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. has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Mativ's net margin of 5.44%. Virco Mfg.'s return on equity of 24.63% beat Mativ's return on equity.
Summary
Virco Mfg. beats Mativ on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
