Evenly matched
16 companies value 128 bn revenue 141 bn margin 2.5% free cash flow 6.9 bn avg. score 4.3
SW holds 16.8% of the group's value, 1.0x the runner-up · AMCR leads the industry without being the largest
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SW | Smurfit Westrock Ireland · score 5.9 | 17% | 21 bn | 31 bn | 1.6% | 1.0 bn | 4.7% | 4.3% | Paper and corrugated packaging at global scale · Combination of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock: world's largest paper packaging company | |
| 2 | PKG | Packaging Corporation of America United States · score 5.9 | 17% | 21 bn | 9.5 bn | 7.3% | 0.7 bn | 3.5% | 2.1% | Containerboard and packaging, the third largest in the US · Best margin among US containerboard makers | |
| 3 | AMCR | Amcor plc Switzerland/Australia · score 5.8 | 16% | 20 bn | 24 bn | 4.7% | 1.2 bn | 6.0% | 5.9% | Plastic and flexible consumer packaging · Global leader in flexible packaging for food and healthcare | |
| 4 | IP | International Paper United States · score 3.6 | 14% | 18 bn | 24 bn | -14.2% | 0.5 bn | 2.8% | 5.5% | Corrugated packaging and pulp · World's largest corrugated packaging maker (e-commerce boxes) | |
| 5 | BALL | Ball Corporation United States · score 6.3 | 13% | 17 bn | 14 bn | 6.6% | 0.8 bn | 4.9% | 1.3% | Aluminum beverage cans · World's largest maker of aluminum cans | |
| 6 | CCK | Crown Holdings United States · score 6.3 | 10% | 13 bn | 13 bn | 5.9% | 1.2 bn | 9.6% | 1.1% | Cans and metal packaging · World's 2nd largest beverage can maker | |
| 7 | SON | Sonoco Products United States · score 6.4 | 4% | 4.9 bn | 7.5 bn | 8.3% | 0.3 bn | 7.2% | 4.3% | Industrial and consumer packaging in paper and plastic · Industrial and consumer packaging, with a strong base in recycled paper | |
| 8 | REYN | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. United States · score 6.7 | 4% | 4.8 bn | 3.8 bn | 9.1% | 0.3 bn | 6.7% | 4.0% | Consumer products found in 95% of American homes · Illinois — revenue of $3.8bn | |
| 9 | GEF | GREIF, INC United States · score 3.7 | 3% | 3.7 bn | 3.9 bn | 25.0% | -0.1 bn | -2.0% | 2.8% | Rigid industrial packaging: steel, fiber and plastic drums · Ohio — revenue of $3.9bn | |
| 10 | GPK | Graphic Packaging United States · score 6.8 | 2% | 2.5 bn | 8.6 bn | 2.2% | 0.8 bn | 31.8% | 5.2% | Paperboard packaging for food and beverages · Paperboard packaging for food and beverages | |
| 11 | TRS | TRIMAS CORP United States · score 2.6 | 1% | 1.4 bn | 0.7 bn | 136.2% | -0.0 bn | -0.8% | 0.4% | Closures and dispensers for consumer packaging, plus specialty industrial products · Michigan — revenue of $664m | |
| 12 | PACK | Ranpak Holdings Corp. United States · score 2.2 | 0% | 0.3 bn | 0.4 bn | -9.1% | 0.0 bn | 12.0% | — | Paper protective packaging and end-of-line automation · Ohio — revenue of $418m | |
| 13 | NTIC | NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP United States · score 1.0 | 0% | 0.1 bn | 0.1 bn | -1.3% | 0.0 bn | -4.4% | 0.4% | Anti-corrosion packaging and environmental products in 65 countries · Minnesota — revenue of $92m | |
| 14 | ITP | IT TECH PACKAGING, INC. China · score 4.3 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.1 bn | -13.9% | 0.0 bn | 158.8% | — | Paper and packaging in China · China — revenue of $79m | |
| 15 | MGIH | Millennium Group International Holdings Ltd Hong Kong · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | -29.7% | -0.0 bn | -32.7% | — | Paper packaging, a third-generation family business since 1978 · Hong Kong — revenue of $22m | |
| 16 | JBDI | JBDI Holdings Ltd Singapore · score 2.1 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | 1.4% | 0.0 bn | -1.9% | — | Drum and container reconditioning and recycling, from Singapore · Singapore — revenue of $9m |
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The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.