VIRC vs. PACK, MAGN, RYAM, MERC, ILAG, ITP, DSY, SUZ, REYN, and SLVM
Should you be buying Virco Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Manufacturing include Ranpak (PACK), Magnera (MAGN), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mercer International (MERC), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), Suzano (SUZ), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), and Sylvamo (SLVM). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Virco Manufacturing vs. Its Competitors
Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) and Virco Manufacturing (NASDAQ:VIRC) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Ranpak has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virco Manufacturing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ranpak. Ranpak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.9% of Ranpak shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Ranpak shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Virco Manufacturing had 1 more articles in the media than Ranpak. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Virco Manufacturing and 2 mentions for Ranpak. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ranpak's score of 0.29 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ranpak presently has a consensus price target of $7.17, suggesting a potential upside of 55.29%. Virco Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 111.97%. Given Virco Manufacturing's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virco Manufacturing is more favorable than Ranpak.
Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Ranpak's net margin of -9.06%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 12.04% beat Ranpak's return on equity.
Summary
Virco Manufacturing beats Ranpak on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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