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Greif Inc. (GEF.B) vs Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Greif Inc. and Sonoco Products Company are both Packaging & Containers companies. Sonoco Products Company is the larger, with a market value of $5.1B against $3.7B — 1.4× the size. Sonoco Products Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Greif Inc. trades at 13.0×. Sonoco Products Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.62% against −10.1%. Greif Inc. has the higher net margin (6.81% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.77% vs 1.97%). Across the 21 metrics below, Greif Inc. leads on 14 and Sonoco Products Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
P/E 13.03 n/m 20.50
P/S 1.09 0.69 0.84
P/B 1.56 1.81 1.81
Price to free cash flow 7.03 12.58 13.39
EV/EBITDA 7.71 11.94 9.53
EV/Sales 1.26 1.18 1.39
Earnings yield 7.67% (4.47%) 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 14.22% 7.95% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 22.42% 20.22% 20.09%
Operating margin 10.83% 2.74% 6.42%
Net margin 6.81% (3.08%) 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 15.46% 5.52% 4.78%
Return on equity 11.28% (7.41%) 2.28%
Return on assets 4.78% (2.08%) 1.04%
Return on invested capital 7.77% 1.97% 4.57%

Growth

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.05%) 3.62% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.11%) 510.30% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.46% 7.50% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 17.14% 37.05% 0.00%

Health

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 0.35 1.34 0.79
Current ratio 1.29 1.18 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 3.55 2.22 2.59

Dividend

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield — 4.16% 3.38%
Payout ratio — 0.43 0.60

Size

Metric GEF.B SON Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 3.71b 5.08b 3.71b

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