REYN vs. PTVE, NXST, LBTYA, GIL, PLNT, WH, CHH, BC, LBTYK, and MAT
Should you be buying Reynolds Consumer Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reynolds Consumer Products include Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Brunswick (BC), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and Mattel (MAT). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products had 1 more articles in the media than Pactiv Evergreen. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products and 3 mentions for Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of 0.23 indicating that Pactiv Evergreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 36.36% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.
Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 8.88% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -1.50%. Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity of 17.09% beat Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity.
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 3.0%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 58.6% 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.
Reynolds Consumer Products presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.77%. Pactiv Evergreen has a consensus target price of $16.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.
Summary
Reynolds Consumer Products beats Pactiv Evergreen on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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