KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION vs Sonoco Products Company, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KMB and SON diverge most: on revenue growth, KMB reads +0.2% and SON reads +33.6%; on p/b, KMB reads 19.02 and SON reads 1.57. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KMB'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 | KMB | SON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.26 | $56.36 |
| Market cap | $36.4B | $5.6B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.1 | 5.5 |
| P/B | 19.02 | 1.57 |
| P/S | 2.20 | 0.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +0.2% | +33.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 20.6% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | 110.7% | 28.3% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 73.1% | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 1.31 |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.80 | 1.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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