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 $23.3B against $5.1B — 4.6× the size. Sonoco Products Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Smurfit Westrock PLC trades at 49.6×. Sonoco Products Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.62% against 1.11%. Smurfit Westrock PLC has the higher net margin (1.50% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.87% vs 1.97%). Both pay a dividend; Sonoco Products Company yields more (4.16% vs 4.03%). Across the 22 metrics below, Smurfit Westrock PLC leads on 12 and Sonoco Products Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
P/E n/m 49.65 20.50
P/S 0.69 0.75 0.84
P/B 1.81 1.30 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.58 26.43 13.39
EV/EBITDA 11.94 8.73 9.53
EV/Sales 1.18 1.17 1.39
Earnings yield (4.47%) 2.01% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 7.95% 3.78% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 20.22% 17.43% 20.09%
Operating margin 2.74% 4.57% 6.42%
Net margin (3.08%) 1.50% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 5.52% 2.82% 4.78%
Return on equity (7.41%) 2.59% 2.28%
Return on assets (2.08%) 1.04% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 1.97% 2.87% 4.57%

Growth

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.62% 1.11% 4.05%
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 1.34 0.78 0.79
Current ratio 1.18 1.48 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.22 3.02 2.59

Dividend

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 4.16% 4.03% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.43 2.02 0.60

Size

Metric SON SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 5.08b 23.27b 3.71b

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