Financial Comparison: Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) and Its Rivals

Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “METAL PROC&FABR” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Ardagh Metal Packaging to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary 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	1	3	1	0	2.00
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	113	449	438	1	2.33

Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.52, indicating a potential downside of 1.53%. As a group, “METAL PROC&FABR” companies have a potential upside of 8.88%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging’s rivals have a beta of 1.00, suggesting that their average share price is 0% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays out -1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “METAL PROC&FABR” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 39.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardagh Metal Packaging is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of shares of all “METAL PROC&FABR” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “METAL PROC&FABR” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardagh Metal Packaging	$4.91 billion	-$3.00 million	-114.75
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	$2.04 billion	$107.10 million	13.32

Ardagh Metal Packaging has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Ardagh Metal Packaging 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 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	0.08%	-112.58%	2.44%
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	-10.55%	-7.24%	2.12%

Summary

Ardagh Metal Packaging rivals beat Ardagh Metal Packaging on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Company Profile

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.