GPK vs. PKG, SON, SEE, UFPT, WRK, XYL, ROK, DOV, BALL, and AXON
Should you be buying Graphic Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graphic Packaging include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Sonoco Products (SON), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), WestRock (WRK), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Dover (DOV), Ball (BALL), and Axon Enterprise (AXON).
Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Graphic Packaging pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% 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.
Packaging Co. of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus target price of $28.13, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. Packaging Co. of America has a consensus target price of $176.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 2 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 4 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 1.06 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Packaging Co. of America received 7 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.36%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 32.55% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.
99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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