Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP – Get Free Report) and Ranpak (NYSE:PACK – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and Ranpak”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging | $5.50 billion | 0.56 | $11.00 million | $0.06 | 85.50 |
| Ranpak | $395.00 million | 1.06 | -$38.30 million | ($0.44) | -11.14 |
Profitability
This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and Ranpak’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging | 0.68% | -27.93% | 3.09% |
| Ranpak | -9.09% | -7.18% | -3.41% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Ranpak shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ranpak shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranpak has a beta of 3.14, suggesting that its stock price is 214% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Ardagh Metal Packaging and Ranpak, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 |
| Ranpak | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.92, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Ranpak has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Ranpak’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ranpak is more favorable than Ardagh Metal Packaging.
Summary
Ranpak beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ardagh Metal Packaging
Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., together with its subsidiaries, supplies consumer metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Its products are used in various end-use categories, including beer, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, hard seltzers, juices, pre-mixed cocktails, teas, sparkling waters, and wine. The company serves beverage producers. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is a subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A.
About Ranpak
Ranpak Holdings Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides product protection solutions and end-of-line automation solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company offers protective packaging solutions, such as void-fill protective systems that convert paper to fill empty spaces in secondary packages and protect objects under the FillPak brand; cushioning protective systems, which convert paper into cushioning pads under the PadPak brand; and wrapping protective systems that create pads or paper mesh to wrap and protect fragile items, as well as to line boxes and provide separation when shipping various objects under the WrapPak, Geami, and ReadyRoll brands, as well as cold chain products, which are used to provide insulation for goods. It also offers end-of-line packaging automation products, which help end users automate the void filling and box closure processes after product packing is complete. The company sells its products to end users primarily through a distributor network, and directly to select end-users. Ranpak Holdings Corp. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Concord Township, Ohio.
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