REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC. vs Smurfit Westrock plc, two Paper & Packaging stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where REYN and SW diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), REYN reads -3.1% and SW reads +16.9%; on debt / equity, REYN reads 0.68 and SW reads 0.05. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's REYN price has a different growth bar priced in than SW (-3.1% implied for REYN vs +16.9% for SW); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | REYN | SW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.91 | $45.97 |
| Market cap | $5.3B | $24.2B |
| Sector | Paper & Packaging | Paper & Packaging |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.1% | +16.9% |
| P/E | 16.0 | 48.9 |
| P/B | 2.33 | 1.34 |
| P/S | 1.40 | 0.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 49.5 | 5.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.9% | +1.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 17.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 3.9% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 14.5% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 5.3% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 4.2% |
| Dividend yield | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.68 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.79 | 1.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.30 | 1.41 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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