UFPT vs. GPK, SEE, SON, PKG, STVN, MMSI, GKOS, TFX, NARI, and IRTC
Should you be buying UFP Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Technologies include Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Stevanato Group (STVN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Glaukos (GKOS), Teleflex (TFX), Inari Medical (NARI), and iRhythm Technologies (IRTC).
UFP Technologies vs.
Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) and UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Graphic Packaging presently has a consensus target price of $28.53, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. UFP Technologies has a consensus target price of $252.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Given Graphic Packaging's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than UFP Technologies.
Graphic Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, UFP Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for UFP Technologies and 12 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat UFP Technologies' score of 0.92 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Graphic Packaging received 310 more outperform votes than UFP Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote.
Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Technologies has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UFP Technologies has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.47%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat UFP Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Graphic Packaging beats UFP Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFPT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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