Critical Comparison: Intertape Polymer Group (ITPOF) and The Competition

Dividends

Intertape Polymer Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Intertape Polymer Group pays out -453.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.1% and pay out -106.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Intertape Polymer Group has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intertape Polymer Group’s rivals have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intertape Polymer Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intertape Polymer Group	$1.53 billion	$67.81 million	-209.33
Intertape Polymer Group Competitors	$8.00 billion	$208.36 million	14.41

Intertape Polymer Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Intertape Polymer Group. Intertape Polymer Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Intertape Polymer Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intertape Polymer Group	-0.50%	35.79%	9.19%
Intertape Polymer Group Competitors	-28.74%	-31.79%	2.15%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.4% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Intertape Polymer Group rivals beat Intertape Polymer Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Intertape Polymer Group

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. provides packaging and protective solutions for the industrial markets in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers pressure-sensitive and water-activated tapes; packaging equipment; industrial and performance specialty tapes, such as masking, duct, electrical, foil, process indicator, sheathing, sports, and reinforced filament tapes; protective packaging solutions, including inflatable systems, mailer products, bubble cushioning, paper void fills, thermal solutions, and protective foam roll stocks; stencil products; shrink films; stretch and lumber wraps; structure and geomembrane fabrics; non-manufactured flexible intermediate bulk containers; specialized polyolefin films; and engineered coated products for industrial and retail use. It sells its products through various distribution channels. The company serves food and beverage, general manufacturing, fulfillment/e-commerce, retail and transportation, building and construction, consumer, oil and gas, aerospace, marine, composites, moving and storage, general manufacturing, mailing, HVAC, and military and medical applications. Intertape Polymer Group Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.