Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (AMBP) vs Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. and Sonoco Products Company are both Packaging & Containers companies. Sonoco Products Company is the larger, with a market value of $4.9B against $2.8B — 1.8× the size. Sonoco Products Company trades at the lower P/E: 7.9× against 78.0×. Sonoco Products Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against 14.5%. Sonoco Products Company has the higher net margin (8.41% vs 0.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.36% vs 5.36%). Both pay a dividend; Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. yields more (8.55% vs 4.30%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sonoco Products Company leads on 15 and Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
P/E 78.00 7.91 17.11
P/S 0.47 0.66 0.87
P/B n/m 1.38 1.66
Price to free cash flow 10.97 12.30 13.16
EV/EBITDA 9.03 5.30 9.21
EV/Sales 1.16 1.11 1.35
Earnings yield 1.28% 12.64% 4.96%
Free cash flow yield 9.12% 8.13% 6.15%

Profitability

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 12.72% 20.81% 20.03%
Operating margin 4.87% 13.87% 8.36%
Net margin 0.42% 8.41% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.14% 5.40% 5.14%
Return on equity (4.68%) 18.33% 11.28%
Return on assets 0.45% 5.47% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 5.36% 9.36% 6.43%

Growth

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.53% 17.73% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.00% 510.30% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.76% 7.50% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 37.05% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity (5.79) 0.97 0.78
Current ratio 1.06 0.99 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 5.51 2.22 2.65

Dividend

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 8.55% 4.30% 3.14%
Payout ratio 6.67 0.34 0.56

Size

Metric AMBP SON Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 2.79b 4.91b 3.71b

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