INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY vs Sonoco Products Company, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IP and SON diverge most: on net margin, IP reads -13.8% and SON reads 13.6%; on return on equity, IP reads -22.6% and SON reads 28.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | IP | SON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.81 | $56.36 |
| Market cap | $21.7B | $5.6B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.8% | — |
| P/E | — | 5.5 |
| P/B | 1.47 | 1.57 |
| P/S | 0.89 | 0.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.0 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +43.9% | +33.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 7.6% |
| Net margin | -13.8% | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | -22.6% | 28.3% |
| Return on assets | -9.2% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | 1.31 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.90 | 1.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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