Graphic Packaging (GPK) Competitors

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate PKG or GPK?

Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus price target of $231.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $30.89, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. Given Packaging Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Packaging Co. of America is more favorable than Graphic Packaging.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Packaging Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Graphic Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PKG or GPK?

Packaging Co. of America received 22 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.86% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Packaging Co. of America	Outperform Votes 538 59.38%	Underperform Votes 368 40.62%
Graphic Packaging	Outperform Votes 516 63.86%	Underperform Votes 292 36.14%

Is PKG or GPK a better dividend stock?

Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.4% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, PKG or GPK?

Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PKG or GPK more profitable?

Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 7.47%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 25.96% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Packaging Co. of America	9.60%	19.67%	9.19%
Graphic Packaging	7.47%	25.96%	6.81%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PKG or GPK?

89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PKG or GPK?

In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 8 more articles in the media than Graphic Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 24 mentions for Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.92 indicating that Graphic Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Packaging Co. of America	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graphic Packaging	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PKG or GPK?

Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Graphic Packaging. Graphic Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, 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
Packaging Co. of America	$8.38B	2.03	$805.10M	$9.56	19.79
Graphic Packaging	$8.81B	0.87	$658M	$2.16	11.73

Summary

Packaging Co. of America beats Graphic Packaging on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.