Packaging Corp of America vs Sonoco Products
PKG and SON side by side, both in paper and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PKG and SON compare
Packaging Corp of America is the larger company, worth 4.6 times as much as Sonoco Products ($22.9B against $4.9B).
On earnings, Sonoco Products is cheaper: it trades at 7.9× trailing earnings, against 33.4× for Packaging Corp of America.
Sonoco Products grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.7% versus 10.3% for Packaging Corp of America).
Sonoco Products keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.4% compared with 7.3% at Packaging Corp of America.
Both pay dividends: Packaging Corp of America yields 2.1% and Sonoco Products 4.3%.
Sonoco Products scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 12 for Packaging Corp of America), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PKG | SON |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $22.9B | $4.9B |
| Share price | $256.82 | $49.96 |
| Change, 1 year | 30.6% | 25.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 89.7% | −17.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.65 | 0.73 |
| Employees | 17K | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.4× | 7.9× (better) |
| P/S | 2.4× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 4.9× | 1.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.5× | 5.9× (better) |
| P/FCF | 30.8× | 13.9× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.28 |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | 7.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $154.51 | $89.85 |
| Margin of safety | −66.2% | 44.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.3% | 17.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% | 7.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −23.5% | 12.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −23.2% | 12.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.1% | 37.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 20.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 13.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 8.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.8% (better) | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 14.9% | 18.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.9% (better) | 10.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.85 (better) | 1.24 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.86 (better) | 2.75 |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.1× |
| Current ratio | 2.94 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.09 (better) | 1.83 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 4.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 64.8% | 33.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.2% (better) | 4.2% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.15% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% | 4.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.1% | 98.6% |
| Held by insiders | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$15.0M | $884K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.4% | 11.4% |
Go deeper
- PKG stock overview
- PKG income statement
- PKG valuation and score
- SON stock overview
- SON income statement
- SON valuation and score
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