SON vs. PKG, GPK, SEE, UFPT, GEF.B, SW, TRMB, CNH, ZBRA, and BALL
Should you be buying Sonoco Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonoco Products include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sealed Air (SEE), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Greif (GEF.B), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Trimble (TRMB), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and Ball (BALL).
Sonoco Products vs.
Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Sonoco Products received 138 more outperform votes than Packaging Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Sonoco Products an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus target price of $226.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.66%. Sonoco Products has a consensus target price of $56.43, indicating a potential upside of 24.42%. Given Sonoco Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Sonoco Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 16 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 9 mentions for Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 1.34 indicating that Sonoco Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Packaging Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sonoco Products. Packaging Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonoco Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonoco Products pays out 137.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sonoco Products has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Sonoco Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 2.60%. Sonoco Products' return on equity of 20.81% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats Sonoco Products on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SON) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
