Virco Manufacturing (VIRC) Competitors

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VIRC vs. MAGN, MERC, DSY, ILAG, and ITP

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), and IT Tech Packaging (ITP). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Magnera?

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

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virco Manufacturing	$199.65M	0.49	$2.57M	$0.17	36.24
Magnera	$3.20B	0.12	-$159M	-$2.61	N/A

Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Magnera has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the broader market.

Magnera has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.16%. Given Magnera's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Magnera is more favorable than Virco Manufacturing.

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

In the previous week, Magnera had 13 more articles in the media than Virco Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Magnera and 1 mentions for Virco Manufacturing. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Magnera's score of 0.15 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Virco Manufacturing	Very Positive
Magnera	Neutral

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Magnera's net margin of -3.37%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 2.18% beat Magnera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virco Manufacturing	1.29%	2.18%	1.30%
Magnera	-3.37%	-10.30%	-2.77%

31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Virco Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Magnera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats Magnera on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Mercer International?

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

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Mercer International's net margin of -28.51%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 2.18% beat Mercer International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virco Manufacturing	1.29%	2.18%	1.30%
Mercer International	-28.51%	-136.20%	-13.64%

Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the broader market.

Mercer International has a consensus target price of $1.85, suggesting a potential upside of 124.24%. Given Mercer International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercer International is more favorable than Virco Manufacturing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virco Manufacturing	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Mercer International	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virco Manufacturing	$199.65M	0.49	$2.57M	$0.17	36.24
Mercer International	$1.87B	0.03	-$497.89M	-$7.89	N/A

Virco Manufacturing pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Virco Manufacturing pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercer International pays out -1.0% 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. Virco Manufacturing has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Mercer International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Mercer International had 11 more articles in the media than Virco Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mercer International and 1 mentions for Virco Manufacturing. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Mercer International's score of -0.40 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Virco Manufacturing	Very Positive
Mercer International	Neutral

31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mercer International shares are held 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.

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats Mercer International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Big Tree Cloud?

Big Tree Cloud (NASDAQ:DSY) and Virco Manufacturing (NASDAQ:VIRC) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Big Tree Cloud has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the broader market.

60.2% of Big Tree Cloud shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 34.1% of Big Tree Cloud shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% 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.

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Big Tree Cloud's net margin of 0.00%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 2.18% beat Big Tree Cloud's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big Tree Cloud	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virco Manufacturing	1.29%	2.18%	1.30%

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Big Tree Cloud	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Virco Manufacturing	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Virco Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Big Tree Cloud.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Big Tree Cloud	$2.56M	3.70	-$32.53M	N/A	N/A
Virco Manufacturing	$199.65M	0.49	$2.57M	$0.17	36.24

In the previous week, Big Tree Cloud had 1 more articles in the media than Virco Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Big Tree Cloud and 1 mentions for Virco Manufacturing. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Big Tree Cloud's score of 0.43 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Big Tree Cloud	Neutral
Virco Manufacturing	Very Positive

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats Big Tree Cloud on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Intelligent Living Application Group?

Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) and Virco Manufacturing (NASDAQ:VIRC) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Intelligent Living Application Group has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the broader market.

0.1% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 51.8% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% 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.

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Intelligent Living Application Group's net margin of 0.00%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 2.18% beat Intelligent Living Application Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Living Application Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virco Manufacturing	1.29%	2.18%	1.30%

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Living Application Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Virco Manufacturing	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Virco Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Living Application Group	$4.49M	1.85	-$19.35M	N/A	N/A
Virco Manufacturing	$199.65M	0.49	$2.57M	$0.17	36.24

In the previous week, Intelligent Living Application Group had 1 more articles in the media than Virco Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intelligent Living Application Group and 1 mentions for Virco Manufacturing. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Intelligent Living Application Group's score of 1.46 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intelligent Living Application Group	Positive
Virco Manufacturing	Very Positive

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats Intelligent Living Application Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to IT Tech Packaging?

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

Virco Manufacturing has a net margin of 1.29% compared to IT Tech Packaging's net margin of -12.35%. Virco Manufacturing's return on equity of 2.18% beat IT Tech Packaging's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virco Manufacturing	1.29%	2.18%	1.30%
IT Tech Packaging	-12.35%	-5.92%	-5.09%

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virco Manufacturing	$199.65M	0.49	$2.57M	$0.17	36.24
IT Tech Packaging	$78.94M	0.04	-$9.95M	-$1.02	N/A

Virco Manufacturing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the broader market.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virco Manufacturing	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
IT Tech Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

31.0% of Virco Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Virco Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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 IT Tech Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Virco Manufacturing and 0 mentions for IT Tech Packaging. Virco Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat IT Tech Packaging's score of 0.00 indicating that Virco Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Virco Manufacturing	Very Positive
IT Tech Packaging	Neutral

Summary

Virco Manufacturing beats IT Tech Packaging on 15 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.

VIRC vs. The Competition

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Metric	Virco Manufacturing	FURNITURE Industry	Discretionary Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$96.90M	$585.06M	$7.15B	$12.08B
Dividend Yield	1.65%	3.38%	2.84%	5.23%
P/E Ratio	36.24	23.02	18.50	25.20
Price / Sales	0.49	0.37	3.59	74.80
Price / Cash	11.26	6.65	12.98	36.29
Price / Book	0.92	0.97	3.64	6.62
Net Income	$2.57M	$29.76M	$247.44M	$333.30M
7 Day Performance	0.98%	-5.05%	28.11%	-0.89%
1 Month Performance	9.61%	1.09%	27.26%	7.27%
1 Year Performance	-32.23%	-16.46%	30.70%	34.59%

Virco Manufacturing Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
VIRC Virco Manufacturing	2.4055 of 5 stars	$6.16 +1.0%	N/A	-30.4%	$96.90M	$199.65M	36.24	820	Positive News
MAGN Magnera	1.7647 of 5 stars	$10.12 +1.2%	$14.00 +38.3%	-19.3%	$363.31M	$3.20B	N/A	8,500	Earnings Report
MERC Mercer International	3.9993 of 5 stars	$1.08 +0.9%	$2.25 +108.3%	-77.6%	$72.34M	$1.87B	N/A	3,545	News Coverage Earnings Report Analyst Forecast
DSY Big Tree Cloud	1.0641 of 5 stars	$2.07 -5.0%	N/A	-92.6%	$9.83M	$2.56M	N/A	82
ILAG Intelligent Living Application Group	0.9124 of 5 stars	$3.91 -1.8%	N/A	-21.0%	$8.13M	$4.49M	N/A	370	Positive News Short Interest Decrease Gap Down

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VIRC vs. MAGN, MERC, DSY, ILAG, and ITP

How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Magnera?

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VIRC or MAGN?

Which has more volatility & risk, VIRC or MAGN?

Do analysts prefer VIRC or MAGN?

Does the media favor VIRC or MAGN?

Is VIRC or MAGN more profitable?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VIRC or MAGN?

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How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Mercer International?

Is VIRC or MERC more profitable?

Which has more volatility & risk, VIRC or MERC?

Do analysts prefer VIRC or MERC?

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VIRC or MERC?

Is VIRC or MERC a better dividend stock?

Does the media prefer VIRC or MERC?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VIRC or MERC?

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How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Big Tree Cloud?

Which has more volatility & risk, DSY or VIRC?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DSY or VIRC?

Is DSY or VIRC more profitable?

Do analysts rate DSY or VIRC?

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DSY or VIRC?

Does the media prefer DSY or VIRC?

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How does Virco Manufacturing compare to Intelligent Living Application Group?

Which has more volatility & risk, ILAG or VIRC?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ILAG or VIRC?

Is ILAG or VIRC more profitable?

Do analysts rate ILAG or VIRC?

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ILAG or VIRC?

Does the media prefer ILAG or VIRC?

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How does Virco Manufacturing compare to IT Tech Packaging?

Is VIRC or ITP more profitable?

Which has better valuation & earnings, VIRC or ITP?

Which has more risk and volatility, VIRC or ITP?

Do analysts prefer VIRC or ITP?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VIRC or ITP?

Does the media favor VIRC or ITP?

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