Mativ (MATV) Competitors

Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PTVE or MATV a better dividend stock?

Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pactiv Evergreen pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mativ pays out -6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PTVE or MATV more profitable?

Pactiv Evergreen has a net margin of 1.49% compared to Mativ's net margin of -16.55%. Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity of 13.34% beat Mativ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pactiv Evergreen	1.49%	13.34%	2.78%
Mativ	-16.55%	5.19%	1.62%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PTVE or MATV?

22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are held 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 MarketBeat Community believe in PTVE or MATV?

Pactiv Evergreen received 31 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pactiv Evergreen	Outperform Votes 32 43.24%	Underperform Votes 42 56.76%
Mativ	Outperform Votes 1 50.00%	Underperform Votes 1 50.00%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PTVE or MATV?

Pactiv Evergreen has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pactiv Evergreen, 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	$5.24B	0.38	-$223M	$0.42	26.71
Mativ	$1.97B	0.43	-$309.50M	-$5.99	-2.61

Does the media favor PTVE or MATV?

In the previous week, Pactiv Evergreen and Pactiv Evergreen both had 2 articles in the media. Pactiv Evergreen's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Mativ's score of 0.27 indicating that Pactiv Evergreen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pactiv Evergreen	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mativ	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer PTVE or MATV?

Pactiv Evergreen currently has a consensus price target of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Mativ.

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
Mativ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, PTVE or MATV?

Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pactiv Evergreen beats Mativ on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.