WRK vs. PKG, GPK, SON, VALE, NEM, NUE, DOW, AEM, DD, and LYB
Should you be buying WestRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WestRock include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Vale (VALE), Newmont (NEM), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), DuPont de Nemours (DD), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB).
Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and WestRock (NYSE:WRK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Packaging Co. of America's net margin of 1.57%. WestRock's return on equity of 18.80% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.
Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WestRock has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. WestRock pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WestRock pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Packaging Co. of America has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and WestRock has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of WestRock shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of WestRock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, WestRock had 3 more articles in the media than Packaging Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for WestRock and 6 mentions for Packaging Co. of America. WestRock's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.96 indicating that Packaging Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WestRock. Packaging Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WestRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Packaging Co. of America currently has a consensus target price of $176.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. WestRock has a consensus target price of $48.80, suggesting a potential downside of 5.90%. Given WestRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Packaging Co. of America is more favorable than WestRock.
Packaging Co. of America received 14 more outperform votes than WestRock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.51% of users gave WestRock an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats WestRock on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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