GPK vs. SON, PKG, AGCO, DCI, ATR, RBC, AIT, MSA, MIDD, and CCK
Should you be buying Graphic Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graphic Packaging include Sonoco Products (SON), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), AGCO (AGCO), Donaldson (DCI), AptarGroup (ATR), RBC Bearings (RBC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), MSA Safety (MSA), Middleby (MIDD), and Crown (CCK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 2 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 5 mentions for Sonoco Products. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sonoco Products' score of 0.90 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sonoco Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Sonoco Products. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonoco Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $28.13, indicating a potential upside of 0.30%. Sonoco Products has a consensus price target of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.52%. Given Sonoco Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Graphic Packaging.
Sonoco Products received 160 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.24% of users gave Sonoco Products an outperform vote while only 64.08% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.
Graphic Packaging has a net margin of 7.36% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 5.86%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 32.55% beat Sonoco Products' return on equity.
Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Graphic Packaging pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonoco Products pays out 52.5% 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.
Summary
Graphic Packaging beats Sonoco Products on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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