Graphic Packaging Holding Co vs Sonoco Products Company, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GPK and SON diverge most: on revenue growth, GPK reads +0.1% and SON reads +33.6%; on net margin, GPK reads 2.3% and SON reads 13.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GPK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SON'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 | SON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.35 | $47.91 |
| Market cap | $2.5B | $4.8B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.5% | — |
| P/E | 12.7 | 4.7 |
| P/B | 0.77 | 1.33 |
| P/S | 0.29 | 0.64 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +33.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.6% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | 6.0% | 28.3% |
| Return on assets | 1.7% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.3% | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.72 | 1.31 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.04 | 1.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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