WRK vs. PKG, GPK, SON, NEM, NUE, DOW, DD, AEM, LYB, and PPG
Should you be buying WestRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WestRock include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Sonoco Products (SON), Newmont (NEM), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), and PPG Industries (PPG).
WestRock (NYSE:WRK) and Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Packaging Co. of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WestRock. Packaging Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WestRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Packaging Co. of America had 2 more articles in the media than WestRock. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Packaging Co. of America and 9 mentions for WestRock. WestRock's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.73 indicating that WestRock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.4% of WestRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of WestRock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WestRock pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. WestRock pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Packaging Co. of America pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Packaging Co. of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
WestRock presently has a consensus target price of $48.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.02%. Packaging Co. of America has a consensus target price of $176.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.77%. Given Packaging Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Packaging Co. of America is more favorable than WestRock.
Packaging Co. of America received 14 more outperform votes than WestRock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.51% of users gave WestRock an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.25% compared to WestRock's net margin of 1.57%. Packaging Co. of America's return on equity of 18.80% beat WestRock's return on equity.
WestRock has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Packaging Co. of America beats WestRock on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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