Head-To-Head Comparison: Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) & Its Peers

Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) is one of 70 publicly-traded companies in the “Containers & Packaging” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Ardagh Metal Packaging to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardagh Metal Packaging	$5.50 billion	$11.00 million	52.50
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	$6.05 billion	$213.75 million	11.89

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.9% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ardagh Metal Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by company 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.

Dividends

Ardagh Metal Packaging pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Ardagh Metal Packaging pays out 444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out -78.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Ardagh Metal Packaging and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0	5	1	0	2.17
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	399	2378	3461	86	2.51

Ardagh Metal Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.17%. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies have a potential upside of 35.74%. Given Ardagh Metal Packaging’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ardagh Metal Packaging has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Ardagh Metal Packaging has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardagh Metal Packaging’s competitors have a beta of 0.76, suggesting that their average share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ardagh Metal Packaging and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardagh Metal Packaging	0.93%	-23.24%	3.02%
Ardagh Metal Packaging Competitors	-20.72%	5.22%	1.61%

Summary

Ardagh Metal Packaging competitors beat Ardagh Metal Packaging on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Ardagh Metal Packaging Company Profile

Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A., together with its subsidiaries, supplies consumer metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. Its products are used in various end-use categories, including beer, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, hard seltzers, juices, pre-mixed cocktails, teas, sparkling waters, and wine. The company serves beverage producers. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. is a subsidiary of Ardagh Group S.A.