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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Graphic Packaging beats Sonoco Products on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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