VIRC vs. MAGN, MATV, PACK, RYAM, MERC, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Virco Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Manufacturing include Magnera (MAGN), 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), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Virco Manufacturing vs. Its Competitors
Virco Manufacturing (NASDAQ:VIRC) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Magnera shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Magnera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnera has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virco Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 114.11%. Magnera has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.31%. Given Virco Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Virco Manufacturing is more favorable than Magnera.
In the previous week, Virco Manufacturing had 1 more articles in the media than Magnera. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Virco Manufacturing and 3 mentions for Magnera. Magnera's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Virco Manufacturing's score of 1.16 indicating that Magnera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Magnera's net margin of -6.06%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 17.61% beat Magnera's return on equity.
Virco Manufacturing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnera. Magnera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Virco Manufacturing beats Magnera on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
