Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) and Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) Financial Survey

Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) and Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and Ranpak”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardagh Metal Packaging	$5.50 billion	0.56	$11.00 million	$0.06	85.50
Ranpak	$395.00 million	1.06	-$38.30 million	($0.44)	-11.14

Ardagh Metal Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Ranpak. Ranpak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardagh Metal Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Ardagh Metal Packaging and Ranpak, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0	6	1	0	2.14
Ranpak	1	0	3	0	2.50

Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.92, indicating a potential downside of 4.16%. Ranpak has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Ranpak’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ranpak is more favorable than Ardagh Metal Packaging.

Risk and Volatility

Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranpak has a beta of 3.14, indicating that its stock price is 214% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0.68%	-27.93%	3.09%
Ranpak	-9.09%	-7.18%	-3.41%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Ranpak shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Ranpak shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ranpak beats Ardagh Metal Packaging on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Ranpak

Ranpak Holdings Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides product protection solutions and end-of-line automation solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company offers protective packaging solutions, such as void-fill protective systems that convert paper to fill empty spaces in secondary packages and protect objects under the FillPak brand; cushioning protective systems, which convert paper into cushioning pads under the PadPak brand; and wrapping protective systems that create pads or paper mesh to wrap and protect fragile items, as well as to line boxes and provide separation when shipping various objects under the WrapPak, Geami, and ReadyRoll brands, as well as cold chain products, which are used to provide insulation for goods. It also offers end-of-line packaging automation products, which help end users automate the void filling and box closure processes after product packing is complete. The company sells its products to end users primarily through a distributor network, and directly to select end-users. Ranpak Holdings Corp. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Concord Township, Ohio.