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Amcor PLC (AMCR) vs Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Amcor PLC and Sonoco Products Company are both Packaging & Containers companies. Amcor PLC is the larger, with a market value of $21.2B against $5.1B — 4.2× the size. Sonoco Products Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Amcor PLC trades at 19.4×. Amcor PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 56.6% against 3.62%. Amcor PLC has the higher net margin (4.71% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.9% vs 1.97%). Both pay a dividend; Amcor PLC yields more (5.64% vs 4.16%). Across the 22 metrics below, Amcor PLC leads on 13 and Sonoco Products Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
P/E 19.44 n/m 20.50
P/S 0.91 0.69 0.84
P/B 1.81 1.81 1.81
Price to free cash flow 24.28 12.58 13.39
EV/EBITDA 3.82 11.94 9.53
EV/Sales 1.45 1.18 1.39
Earnings yield 5.14% (4.47%) 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 4.12% 7.95% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 19.95% 20.22% 20.09%
Operating margin 8.08% 2.74% 6.42%
Net margin 4.71% (3.08%) 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 3.74% 5.52% 4.78%
Return on equity 9.40% (7.41%) 2.28%
Return on assets 5.97% (2.08%) 1.04%
Return on invested capital 17.85% 1.97% 4.57%

Growth

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 56.61% 3.62% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 46.66% 510.30% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.82% 7.50% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.33% 37.05% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.18 1.34 0.79
Current ratio 1.25 1.18 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 3.73 2.22 2.59

Dividend

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 5.64% 4.16% 3.38%
Payout ratio 1.10 0.43 0.60

Size

Metric AMCR SON Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 21.19b 5.08b 3.71b

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