Suzano (SUZ) Competitors

Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) and Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of REYN or SUZ?

26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Suzano shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REYN or SUZ?

Reynolds Consumer Products received 8 more outperform votes than Suzano when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.70% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote while only 33.64% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reynolds Consumer Products	Outperform Votes 37 33.64%	Underperform Votes 73 66.36%
Suzano	Outperform Votes 29 61.70%	Underperform Votes 18 38.30%

Do analysts rate REYN or SUZ?

Reynolds Consumer Products presently has a consensus price target of $30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Reynolds Consumer Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Reynolds Consumer Products is more favorable than Suzano.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reynolds Consumer Products	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Suzano	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor REYN or SUZ?

In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products had 8 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products and 5 mentions for Suzano. Suzano's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of -0.12 indicating that Suzano is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reynolds Consumer Products	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Suzano	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, REYN or SUZ?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzano has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is REYN or SUZ a better dividend stock?

Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suzano pays out 42.9% 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.

Is REYN or SUZ more profitable?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Suzano's net margin of 9.69%. Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity of 18.27% beat Suzano's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reynolds Consumer Products	10.03%	18.27%	7.63%
Suzano	9.69%	9.80%	2.85%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, REYN or SUZ?

Suzano has higher revenue and earnings than Reynolds Consumer Products. Reynolds Consumer Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suzano, 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
Reynolds Consumer Products	$3.76B	1.52	$298M	$1.75	15.48
Suzano	$7.96B	1.71	$2.82B	$0.63	16.36

Summary

Reynolds Consumer Products beats Suzano on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.