Graphic Packaging Holding Co vs KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GPK and KMB diverge most: on revenue growth, GPK reads -0.1% and KMB reads +0.2%; on operating margin, GPK reads 0.9% and KMB reads 18.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GPK price has a different growth bar priced in than KMB (-4.7% implied for GPK vs -3.3% for KMB); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GPK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What KMB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GPK | KMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.74 | $109.26 |
| Market cap | $3.2B | $36.4B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.7% | -3.3% |
| P/E | 11.7 | 17.1 |
| P/B | 0.98 | 19.02 |
| P/S | 0.37 | 2.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.0 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1% | +0.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.9% |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | 110.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.0% | 73.1% |
| FCF yield | 28.3% | 5.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.90 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 0.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.02 | 7.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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