Reviewing Ranpak (PACK) and Its Rivals

Ranpak (NYSE:PACK) is one of 15 publicly-traded companies in the “CONTNRS – PPR/PLS” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Ranpak to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ranpak and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ranpak	0	2	1	0	2.33
Ranpak Competitors	129	883	898	22	2.42

Ranpak presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.85%. As a group, “CONTNRS – PPR/PLS” companies have a potential upside of 7.67%. Given Ranpak’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ranpak is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Ranpak and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ranpak	-5.74%	-3.87%	-1.92%
Ranpak Competitors	5.83%	21.92%	6.53%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

85.9% of Ranpak shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of shares of all “CONTNRS – PPR/PLS” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Ranpak shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of shares of all “CONTNRS – PPR/PLS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ranpak and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ranpak	$368.90 million	-$21.50 million	-14.31
Ranpak Competitors	$5.78 billion	$370.95 million	18.52

Ranpak’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Ranpak. Ranpak 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.

Risk and Volatility

Ranpak has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranpak’s rivals have a beta of 0.97, suggesting that their average share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ranpak rivals beat Ranpak on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

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.