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VIRC vs. MAGN, MERC, DSY, ILAG, ITP, SUZ, REYN, SLVM, MLKN, and MATV

Should you be buying Virco Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Manufacturing include Magnera (MAGN), Mercer International (MERC), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Sylvamo (SLVM), MillerKnoll (MLKN), and Mativ (MATV). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.

Virco Manufacturing vs. Its Competitors

Virco Manufacturing (NASDAQ:VIRC) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Virco Manufacturing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnera. Magnera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Virco Manufacturing$236.93M0.49$21.64M$0.878.39
Magnera$332.10M0.97-$15.25M-$7.64-1.19

In the previous week, Virco Manufacturing and Virco Manufacturing both had 4 articles in the media. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Magnera's score of 0.27 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Virco Manufacturing
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Magnera
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Magnera shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Magnera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnera has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Magnera's net margin of -4.98%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 12.04% beat Magnera's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Virco Manufacturing5.74% 12.04% 6.85%
Magnera -4.98%-9.57%-3.49%

Virco Manufacturing presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 132.88%. Magnera has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 81.52%. Given Virco Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Virco Manufacturing is more favorable than Magnera.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Virco Manufacturing
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Magnera
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats Magnera on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VIRC vs. The Competition

MetricVirco ManufacturingFURNITURE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$110.33M$626.76M$8.31B$10.48B
Dividend Yield1.43%4.11%3.12%4.80%
P/E Ratio8.398.0718.0227.09
Price / Sales0.492.016.53181.08
Price / Cash4.188.2016.1161.22
Price / Book1.092.834.906.52
Net Income$21.64M-$10.34M$256.64M$276.75M
7 Day Performance9.12%1.63%0.77%1.97%
1 Month Performance-9.88%-7.09%-5.80%2.23%
1 Year Performance-50.74%-9.02%31.93%35.58%

Virco Manufacturing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIRC
Virco Manufacturing
3.1692 of 5 stars
$7.30
+4.3%
$17.00
+132.9%
-49.8%$110.33M$236.93M8.39820News Coverage
Positive News
MAGN
Magnera
1.6014 of 5 stars
$10.20
+2.6%
$17.50
+71.6%
N/A$353.86M$332.10M-1.333,250Analyst Forecast
MERC
Mercer International
4.078 of 5 stars
$2.60
-0.8%
$4.25
+63.5%
-64.0%$175.49M$2.04B-1.603,320Analyst Revision
DSY
Big Tree Cloud
N/A$0.81
-4.3%
N/A-87.5%$73.93M$7.32M0.0082Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ILAG
Intelligent Living Application Group
1.5648 of 5 stars
$0.62
+6.4%
N/A-37.8%$10.52M$7.51M0.00370Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ITP
IT Tech Packaging
0.8681 of 5 stars
$0.26
+6.4%
N/A-5.4%$4.42M$78.42M-0.27370Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SUZ
Suzano
2.1896 of 5 stars
$8.88
+0.8%
N/A-9.0%$11.67B$8.79B7.8623,980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
REYN
Reynolds Consumer Products
3.7431 of 5 stars
$23.43
+0.3%
$26.75
+14.2%
-22.4%$4.91B$3.70B15.726,400Positive News
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.3031 of 5 stars
$42.68
+3.6%
$71.00
+66.4%
-51.8%$1.66B$3.55B8.166,500
MLKN
MillerKnoll
4.3705 of 5 stars
$16.50
+0.2%
N/A-34.9%$1.13B$3.67B-66.0010,382Analyst Forecast
MATV
Mativ
2.3316 of 5 stars
$10.39
+6.9%
$10.00
-3.8%
-38.0%$531.42M$1.98B-1.245,100News Coverage
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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