VIRC vs. MAGN, MATV, PACK, MERC, RYAM, DSY, ILAG, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Virco Mfg. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Mfg. include Magnera (MAGN), Mativ (MATV), Ranpak (PACK), Mercer International (MERC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Virco Mfg. vs.
Virco Mfg. (NASDAQ:VIRC) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnera has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virco Mfg. received 154 more outperform votes than Magnera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.12% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Magnera an outperform vote.
Virco Mfg. has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Magnera's net margin of -6.97%. Virco Mfg.'s return on equity of 24.63% beat Magnera's return on equity.
31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Magnera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Magnera had 16 more articles in the media than Virco Mfg.. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Magnera and 1 mentions for Virco Mfg.. Virco Mfg.'s average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Magnera's score of 1.44 indicating that Virco Mfg. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virco Mfg. presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.71%. Magnera has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.48%. Given Virco Mfg.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than Magnera.
Virco Mfg. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnera. Magnera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Mfg., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Virco Mfg. beats Magnera on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VIRC) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff