Critical Analysis: Magnera (MAGN) vs. Its Competitors

Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) is one of 18 public companies in the “Paper mills” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Magnera to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Magnera and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnera	0	0	1	0	3.00
Magnera Competitors	129	983	500	111	2.34

Magnera presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.99%. As a group, “Paper mills” companies have a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Magnera’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Magnera is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Magnera and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Magnera	$702.00 million	-$79.05 million	-1.10
Magnera Competitors	$4.88 billion	$390.72 million	34.97

Magnera’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Magnera. Magnera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Magnera and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnera	-6.97%	-22.40%	-4.57%
Magnera Competitors	4.41%	9.01%	4.30%

Risk & Volatility

Magnera has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnera’s competitors have a beta of 1.30, indicating that their average share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of shares of all “Paper mills” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Magnera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of shares of all “Paper mills” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Magnera competitors beat Magnera on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Magnera

Magnera’s purpose is to better the world with new possibilities made real. By continuously co-creating and innovating with our partners, we develop original material solutions that make a brighter future possible. With a breadth of technologies and a passion for what we create, Magnera’s solutions propel our customers’ goals forward and solve end-users’ problems, every day.