Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK) vs Myers Industries, Inc. (MYE)

Graphic Packaging Holding Company and Myers Industries, Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Graphic Packaging Holding Company is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $1.2B — 2.3× the size. Graphic Packaging Holding Company trades at the lower P/E: 14.2× against 32.3×. Myers Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.1% against 0.02%. Myers Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.34% vs 2.25%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.1% vs 3.62%). Both pay a dividend; Myers Industries, Inc. yields more (2.94% vs 1.60%). Across the 23 metrics below, Myers Industries, Inc. leads on 16 and Graphic Packaging Holding Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
P/E 14.21 32.33 15.79
P/S 0.32 1.39 0.88
P/B 0.86 3.84 1.60
Price to free cash flow 14.72 12.55 13.41
EV/EBITDA 7.71 10.73 9.04
EV/Sales 0.95 1.72 1.31
Earnings yield 7.04% 3.09% 5.04%
Free cash flow yield 6.79% 7.97% 6.34%

Profitability

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 15.46% 34.67% 20.03%
Operating margin 5.84% 11.07% 8.36%
Net margin 2.25% 4.34% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 2.19% 11.11% 5.14%
Return on equity 6.01% 12.39% 11.28%
Return on assets 1.65% 4.29% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 3.62% 10.12% 6.43%

Growth

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.02% 15.10% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (31.48%) 389.47% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.61% 10.10% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 21.60% (1.02%) 0.00%

Health

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.75 1.04 0.78
Current ratio 1.38 1.61 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 3.95 2.65 2.65

Dividend

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.60% 2.94% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.16 0.39 0.28

Size

Metric GPK MYE Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 2.77b 1.19b 3.71b

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