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NYSE:GPK

Graphic Packaging (GPK) Competitors

$23.90
-0.56 (-2.29%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$23.75
$24.35
50-Day Range
$23.90
$25.95
52-Week Range
$19.08
$26.16
Volume
3.11 million shs
Average Volume
3.04 million shs
Market Capitalization
$7.34 billion
P/E Ratio
11.95
Dividend Yield
1.67%
Price Target
$29.25

GPK vs. SON, PKG, ATR, TTEK, DCI, MIDD, BERY, AGCO, SITE, and RRX

Should you be buying Graphic Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graphic Packaging include Sonoco Products (SON), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), AptarGroup (ATR), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Donaldson (DCI), Middleby (MIDD), Berry Global Group (BERY), AGCO (AGCO), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), and Regal Rexnord (RRX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Graphic Packaging vs.

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) and Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

76.4% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Graphic Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sonoco Products currently has a consensus price target of $66.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. Graphic Packaging has a consensus price target of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.18%. Given Graphic Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Graphic Packaging is more favorable than Sonoco Products.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sonoco Products
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Graphic Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Graphic Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sonoco Products pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graphic Packaging pays out 20.0% 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. Sonoco Products has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Graphic Packaging has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sonoco Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sonoco Products has a net margin of 6.93% compared to Graphic Packaging's net margin of 6.46%. Graphic Packaging's return on equity of 38.99% beat Sonoco Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sonoco Products 6.93% 29.17% 8.47%
Graphic Packaging 6.46% 38.99% 7.81%

In the previous week, Graphic Packaging had 1 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Graphic Packaging and 8 mentions for Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Graphic Packaging's score of 0.52 indicating that Sonoco Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sonoco Products
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graphic Packaging
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graphic Packaging has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sonoco Products received 169 more outperform votes than Graphic Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Sonoco Products an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave Graphic Packaging an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sonoco ProductsOutperform Votes
658
64.96%
Underperform Votes
355
35.04%
Graphic PackagingOutperform Votes
489
64.68%
Underperform Votes
267
35.32%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sonoco Products$7.21 billion0.81$466.44 million$5.0511.78
Graphic Packaging$9.44 billion0.78$522 million$2.0011.97

Summary

Graphic Packaging beats Sonoco Products on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GPK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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GPK vs. The Competition

MetricGraphic PackagingPaperboard containers & boxes IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.35B$4.53B$6.67B$14.19B
Dividend Yield1.62%3.19%2.11%4.08%
P/E Ratio11.975.2114.6117.51
Price / Sales0.781.125.298.94
Price / Cash5.915.6656.4623.15
Price / Book3.181.693.289.06
Net Income$522M$475.96M$357.85M$896.25M
7 Day Performance-4.28%-0.80%-1.48%-1.33%
1 Month Performance-2.92%-4.00%-1.59%-3.23%
1 Year Performance7.55%-20.59%-3.33%-10.69%

Graphic Packaging Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SON
Sonoco Products
2.7494 of 5 stars
$61.33
+1.0%
$66.17
+7.9%
+3.7%$6.01B$7.25B12.1422,000
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
2.0827 of 5 stars
$126.39
-0.6%
$127.29
+0.7%
-21.0%$11.37B$8.32B12.1315,100
ATR
AptarGroup
2.531 of 5 stars
$113.42
-0.6%
$131.33
+15.8%
+4.2%$7.42B$3.32B32.6913,500
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.6507 of 5 stars
$136.47
-0.5%
$185.00
+35.6%
+0.9%$7.26B$3.50B24.2821,000
DCI
Donaldson
2.4626 of 5 stars
$64.12
-0.5%
$63.67
-0.7%
+22.2%$7.78B$3.31B22.2614,000Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
MIDD
Middleby
2.1952 of 5 stars
$135.22
-0.1%
$169.63
+25.4%
-10.2%$7.24B$4.03B16.3711,268
BERY
Berry Global Group
3.0506 of 5 stars
$58.22
-1.3%
$72.00
+23.7%
-1.5%$6.94B$14.50B10.2146,000
AGCO
AGCO
2.745 of 5 stars
$112.70
-1.5%
$154.33
+36.9%
-11.7%$8.44B$12.65B8.7125,600Short Interest ↑
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.5547 of 5 stars
$140.48
-0.4%
$155.30
+10.5%
+2.2%$6.32B$4.01B30.877,430
RRX
Regal Rexnord
2.8094 of 5 stars
$133.61
-0.5%
$186.00
+39.2%
+6.7%$8.86B$5.22B24.9326,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GPK) was last updated on 5/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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