Reviewing Magnera (MAGN) and Its Competitors

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Magnera and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnera	0	0	1	0	3.00
Magnera Competitors	131	997	500	114	2.34

Magnera currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.27%. As a group, “Paper mills” companies have a potential upside of 23.29%. Given Magnera’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Magnera has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnera	-6.97%	-10.62%	-3.97%
Magnera Competitors	2.15%	8.14%	3.89%

Risk & Volatility

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Magnera	$1.31 billion	-$60.00 million	-1.08
Magnera Competitors	$7.55 billion	$119.73 million	33.68

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

Summary

Magnera peers beat Magnera on 9 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.