REYN vs. PTVE, WH, CHH, RRR, LBTYA, BC, GIL, MAT, NXST, and PLNT
Should you be buying Reynolds Consumer Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reynolds Consumer Products include Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Brunswick (BC), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Mattel (MAT), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), and Planet Fitness (PLNT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) and Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -87.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reynolds Consumer Products received 8 more outperform votes than Pactiv Evergreen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 40.58% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote while only 37.11% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -1.50%. Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity of 15.77% beat Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products and Reynolds Consumer Products both had 17 articles in the media. Pactiv Evergreen's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of 0.36 indicating that Pactiv Evergreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Reynolds Consumer Products currently has a consensus price target of $29.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.65%. Pactiv Evergreen has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.
Reynolds Consumer Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reynolds Consumer Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Reynolds Consumer Products beats Pactiv Evergreen on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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