Analyzing Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) and Its Competitors

Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) is one of 70 public companies in the “Containers & Packaging” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Ardagh Metal Packaging to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Ardagh Metal Packaging and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0	5	1	0	2.17
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	399	2378	3461	86	2.51

Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.17%. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies have a potential upside of 35.74%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0.93%	-23.24%	3.02%
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	-20.72%	5.22%	1.61%

Volatility & Risk

Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging’s rivals have a beta of 0.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardagh Metal Packaging	$5.50 billion	$11.00 million	52.50
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	$6.05 billion	$213.75 million	11.89

Ardagh Metal Packaging’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Ardagh Metal Packaging. Ardagh Metal Packaging is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays out 444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out -78.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ardagh Metal Packaging rivals beat Ardagh Metal Packaging on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., together with its subsidiaries, supplies consumer metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Its products are used in various end-use categories, including beer, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, hard seltzers, juices, pre-mixed cocktails, teas, sparkling waters, and wine. The company serves beverage producers. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is a subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A.