REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC. vs Sonoco Products Company, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where REYN and SON diverge most: on revenue growth, REYN reads +2.9% and SON reads +33.6%; on ev/ebitda, REYN reads 49.5 and SON reads 8.8. 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 | REYN | SON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.91 | $56.36 |
| Market cap | $5.3B | $5.6B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.1% | — |
| P/E | 16.0 | 5.5 |
| P/B | 2.33 | 1.57 |
| P/S | 1.40 | 0.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 49.5 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.9% | +33.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 20.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 13.6% |
| Return on equity | 14.5% | 28.3% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 9.7% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.68 | 1.31 |
| Current ratio | 1.79 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.30 | 1.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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