Graphic Packaging Holding Co vs Suzano S.A., two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Suzano's Brazilian pulp margins run 15.44% against Graphic Packaging's 3.17%, and it earns more than twice the return on equity, 17.61% against 8.44%. It also does so debt-free, against Graphic Packaging's heavy 1.9. Suzano trades for 3.63 times earnings, a third of Graphic Packaging's 11.96 times, while book values sit close, 1.11 times against 1.00 times. Both post enormous free cash flow yields, 27.86% at Suzano and 27.64% at Graphic Packaging, and both figures likely reflect one-time swings rather than durable rates, so neither should anchor a decision. Pulp prices are cyclical and paperboard demand steady, but on today's numbers Suzano looks the more profitable and the cheaper of the two.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GPK | SUZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.25 | $8.06 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $10.0B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 11.1 | 3.8 |
| P/B | 0.94 | 1.16 |
| P/S | 0.35 | 1.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 2.7 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 27.0% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | 17.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 4.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.0% | 19.1% |
| FCF yield | 29.7% | 26.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.90 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 3.19 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.02 | 0.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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