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Sonoco Products Company (SON) vs Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW)

Sonoco Products Company and Smurfit Westrock PLC are both Packaging & Containers companies. Smurfit Westrock PLC is the larger, with a market value of $21.6B against $4.9B — 4.4× the size. Sonoco Products Company trades at the lower P/E: 7.9× against 43.3×. Sonoco Products Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against 1.69%. Sonoco Products Company has the higher net margin (8.41% vs 1.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.36% vs 2.93%). Both pay a dividend; Smurfit Westrock PLC yields more (4.34% vs 4.30%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sonoco Products Company leads on 18 and Smurfit Westrock PLC on 5.

Valuation

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
P/E 7.91 43.33 17.11
P/S 0.66 0.69 0.87
P/B 1.38 1.19 1.66
Price to free cash flow 12.30 20.62 13.16
EV/EBITDA 5.30 8.31 9.21
EV/Sales 1.11 1.12 1.35
Earnings yield 12.64% 2.31% 4.96%
Free cash flow yield 8.13% 4.85% 6.15%

Profitability

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 20.81% 17.93% 20.03%
Operating margin 13.87% 4.71% 8.36%
Net margin 8.41% 1.59% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.40% 3.34% 5.14%
Return on equity 18.33% 2.73% 11.28%
Return on assets 5.47% 1.09% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 9.36% 2.93% 6.43%

Growth

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.73% 1.69% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 510.30% 62.20% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.50% 7.96% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 37.05% (5.84%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 0.97 0.78 0.78
Current ratio 0.99 1.45 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.22 3.02 2.65

Dividend

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 4.30% 4.34% 3.14%
Payout ratio 0.34 1.90 0.56

Size

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 4.91b 21.56b 3.71b

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