Packaging & Containers: Smurfit Westrock Plc owns the largest revenue base; Amcor plc has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Packaging & Containers moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 30% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 4% on average over the last four reported quarters.
TURNING · ahead 3w~Price down, no fundamental support14 of 19 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months
Packaging & Containers, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyBroadening down the ladderHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together14 of 19 stocks moving
Fresh10 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +3 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large4/4+4
Mid5/7+4
Small5/8+2
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 19 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Packaging & Containers outperforming S&P 500?
Packaging & Containers has outperformed S&P 500 by 35.1% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 16.9%. 15 of 19 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Myers Industries, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +37.7%.
+16.9%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+35.1%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
15/19Stocks leading S&P 500
10/19Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Packaging & Containers has outperformed S&P 500 by 35.1% over 52 weeks and 16.9% over 13 weeks. 15 of 19 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 10 of 19 beat the sector itself. Smurfit Westrock Plc leads with revenue of $31,235 million, based on 15 of 19 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Packaging & Containers sector outperforming S&P 500?
Packaging & Containers has outperformed S&P 500 by 35.1% over 52 weeks and 16.9% over 13 weeks. 15 of 19 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 10 of 19 beat the sector itself.
Which Packaging & Containers company is largest by revenue?
Smurfit Westrock Plc leads with revenue of $31,235 million, based on 15 of 19 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Packaging & Containers company is growing fastest?
Amcor plc has the fastest current revenue growth at 64.8%, across 15 of 19 comparable companies.
Which Packaging & Containers company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Greif, Inc. ranks first at 68.9/100 with 76% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Packaging & Containers company reports the most CAPEX?
Smurfit Westrock Plc reports the largest latest CAPEX at $624 million, with 19 of 19 companies comparable.
Which Packaging & Containers company has the least gross debt?
Eightco Holdings Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $9 million. Amcor plc has the highest at $16,706 million.
Which Packaging & Containers company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Greif, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.08, among 10 of 19 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Packaging & Containers comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
19
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$170.9B
Smurfit Westrock Plc
Revenue growing
9/15
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
15/19
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Greif, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 76% evidence confidence.
Amcor plc looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Sonoco Products Company has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
7.4/35Growth & earnings
Revenue -0.2% · PAT -55.8% · OPM change -9.5 pp
83% evidence
6.4/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 0.2% · debt/equity 1.77×
80% evidence
9.3/20Valuation
P/E 10.8× · PEG 2.15
65% evidence
6.0/20Relative strength
RS sector -30.8% · RS bench -24.5% · 1Y -45.8%
100% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Smurfit Westrock Plc has the highest Revenue among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at $31,235 million. International Paper Company is next at $24,966 million. Amcor plc has the highest Revenue growth at 64.8%, so level and change sit with different companies. 15 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Smurfit Westrock Plc is the scale leader at $31,235 million, 25.1% ahead of International Paper Company. Amcor plc's growth is 64.8% from a $22,190 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderSmurfit Westrock Plc · $31,235 million
Gap25.1% versus #2 · International Paper Company
Persistence7/7 recent comparable periods
Coverage15/19 companies · 349 observations
Investor read: Smurfit Westrock Plc is the scale benchmark; Amcor plc is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Smurfit Westrock Plc's growth falls below Amcor plc's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Smurfit Westrock Plc SW$31.2B
2International Paper Company IP$25.0B
3Amcor plc AMCR$22.2B
4Ball Corporation BALL$13.7B
5Avery Dennison Corporation AVY$9.0B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Amcor plc AMCR65%
2International Paper Company IP40%
3Smurfit Westrock Plc SW21%
4Ball Corporation BALL14%
5Karat Packaging Inc. KRT12%
Revenue · company comparison
15/19 level · 15/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Myers Industries, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at 15.1%. Avery Dennison Corporation is next at 11.8%. TriMas Corporation has the highest Margin change at +6.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 19 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Myers Industries, Inc. leads opm at 15.1%; TriMas Corporation leads margin change at +6.3 percentage points.
LeaderMyers Industries, Inc. · 15.1%
Gap28% versus #2 · Avery Dennison Corporation
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 349 observations
Investor read: Myers Industries, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Myers Industries, Inc. MYE15%
2Avery Dennison Corporation AVY12%
3Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK11%
4Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN11%
5Packaging Corporation of America PKG11%
Margin changefastest expanders
1TriMas Corporation TRS+6.3 pp
2Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK+5.0 pp
3Myers Industries, Inc. MYE+4.5 pp
4International Paper Company IP+3.8 pp
5Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN+1.9 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ball Corporation has the highest Net profit among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at $939 million. Avery Dennison Corporation is next at $689 million. Myers Industries, Inc. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Ball Corporation leads with $939 million of TTM profit, 36.3% above Avery Dennison Corporation. Myers Industries, Inc. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (320% uncapped) growth from a $42 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderBall Corporation · $939 million
Gap36.3% versus #2 · Avery Dennison Corporation
Persistence6/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage15/19 companies · 349 observations
Investor read: Ball Corporation sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Ball Corporation BALL$939M
2Avery Dennison Corporation AVY$689M
3Amcor plc AMCR$678M
4Smurfit Westrock Plc SW$380M
5Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN$328M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Myers Industries, Inc. MYE100%
2Ball Corporation BALL77%
3Greif, Inc. GEF-B24%
4Karat Packaging Inc. KRT6.5%
5Avery Dennison Corporation AVY-1.4%
Net profit · company comparison
15/19 level · 11/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Smurfit Westrock Plc has the highest CAPEX among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at $624 million. International Paper Company is next at $517 million. O-I Glass, Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 9.2%, so level and change sit with different companies. 19 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Smurfit Westrock Plc reports $624 million of CAPEX; O-I Glass, Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 9.2%. Coverage is only 19 of 19 companies and 347 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderSmurfit Westrock Plc · $624 million
Gap20.7% versus #2 · International Paper Company
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 347 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Smurfit Westrock Plc SW$624M
2International Paper Company IP$517M
3Amcor plc AMCR$221M
4Packaging Corporation of America PKG$165M
5Ball Corporation BALL$161M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1O-I Glass, Inc. OI9.2%
2International Paper Company IP8.7%
3Smurfit Westrock Plc SW8.1%
4Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK7.9%
5Packaging Corporation of America PKG7.0%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Eightco Holdings Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at $9 million. Karat Packaging Inc. is next at $77 million. TriMas Corporation has the lowest Net debt at $871 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies. Its Gross debt series carries 19 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: TriMas Corporation has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $871 million net cash and gross debt of $439 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderEightco Holdings Inc. · $9 million
Gap88.3% versus #2 · Karat Packaging Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 352 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Eightco Holdings Inc. ORBS$9M
2Karat Packaging Inc. KRT$77M
3Myers Industries, Inc. MYE$360M
4Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK$430M
5TriMas Corporation TRS$439M
Net debtlowest net debt
1TriMas Corporation TRS$-871M
2Eightco Holdings Inc. ORBS$-206M
3Karat Packaging Inc. KRT$43M
4Myers Industries, Inc. MYE$315M
5Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK$381M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Packaging Corporation of America has the highest ROCE among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at 7.2%. Greif, Inc. is next at 5.7%. Greif, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +3.8 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 19 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Packaging Corporation of America leads ROCE at 7.2%, 1.5 percentage points above Greif, Inc.. Greif, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +3.8 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderPackaging Corporation of America · 7.2%
Gap26.3% versus #2 · Greif, Inc.
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 351 observations
Investor read: Packaging Corporation of America sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Packaging Corporation of America PKG7.2%
2Greif, Inc. GEF-B5.7%
3Avery Dennison Corporation AVY4.7%
4Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK4.6%
5Karat Packaging Inc. KRT3.6%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Greif, Inc. GEF-B+3.8 pp
2Packaging Corporation of America PKG+2.9 pp
3Eightco Holdings Inc. ORBS+1.5 pp
4Myers Industries, Inc. MYE+1.3 pp
5Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. AMBP+0.9 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Greif, Inc. has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at 0.08×. Ball Corporation is next at 0.49×. TriMas Corporation has the lowest P/E at 1.49×, so level and change sit with different companies. 10 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Greif, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.08×, 83.7% below Ball Corporation. Only 10 of 19 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderGreif, Inc. · 0.08×
Gap83.7% versus #2 · Ball Corporation
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage10/19 companies · 41 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Greif, Inc. GEF-B0.1
2Ball Corporation BALL0.5
3Myers Industries, Inc. MYE0.5
4Amcor plc AMCR0.7
5Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN0.9
P/Elowest P/E
1TriMas Corporation TRS1.5
2Greif, Inc. GEF-B3.7
3O-I Glass, Inc. OI7.0
4Sonoco Products Company SON8.8
5Graphic Packaging Holding Company GPK10.8
Valuation · company comparison
10/19 level · 17/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 13 companies with a series here. The remaining 1 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Sonoco Products Company has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 19 Packaging & Containers companies compared here, at 6.41×. Graphic Packaging Holding Company is next at 7.42×. Eightco Holdings Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 0.44×, so level and change sit with different companies. 18 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Sonoco Products Company leads ev/ebitda at 6.41×; Eightco Holdings Inc. leads p/bv at 0.44×.
LeaderSonoco Products Company · 6.41×
Gap13.6% versus #2 · Graphic Packaging Holding Company
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage18/19 companies · 331 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Sonoco Products Company SON6.4
2Graphic Packaging Holding Company GPK7.4
3TriMas Corporation TRS7.6
4Smurfit Westrock Plc SW8.4
5Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK8.8
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Eightco Holdings Inc. ORBS0.4
2Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK0.6
3TriMas Corporation TRS0.9
4Graphic Packaging Holding Company GPK0.9
5Greif, Inc. GEF-B1.2
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
18/19 level · 18/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Myers Industries, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Packaging & Containers at +125.2%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +48.7%. 15 of 19 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Packaging & Containers comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 19 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 19 companies in the canonical Packaging & Containers membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 19 Packaging & Containers companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Packaging & Containers comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 19 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Packaging & Containers company is the biggest?
Smurfit Westrock Plc is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $31,235 million, ahead of International Paper Company at $24,966 million. That covers 15 of 19 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Packaging & Containers company is growing fastest?
Amcor plc has the fastest revenue growth at 64.8% year on year, across 15 of 19 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Packaging & Containers company has the best profit margins?
Myers Industries, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 15.1%, from 19 of 19 comparable companies. TriMas Corporation shows the biggest recent improvement, at +6.3 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Packaging & Containers company makes the most profit?
Ball Corporation earns the most, at $939 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 15 of 19 comparable companies. Myers Industries, Inc. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Packaging & Containers company earns the highest return on capital?
Packaging Corporation of America leads on return on capital employed at 7.2%, across 19 of 19 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Packaging & Containers stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Greif, Inc. screens cheapest at 0.08×. Only 10 of 19 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Packaging & Containers company has the strongest balance sheet?
Eightco Holdings Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $9 million, from 19 of 19 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Packaging & Containers company is investing most in new capacity?
Smurfit Westrock Plc reports the largest capital spending at $624 million, across 19 of 19 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Packaging & Containers sector beating the market?
Packaging & Containers has outperformed S&P 500 by 35.1% over the last 52 weeks and 16.9% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 15 of 19 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Packaging & Containers stock has the strongest price momentum?
Myers Industries, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Packaging & Containers company scores highest for research priority?
Greif, Inc. scores 68.9 out of 100 with 76% evidence confidence, from 20.9 points on growth and earnings, 15.7 on capital efficiency, 16.3 on valuation and 16 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Packaging & Containers companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 19 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 6 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Packaging & Containers sector?
The 19 Packaging & Containers companies on this page carry $170,860 million of combined market value. Smurfit Westrock Plc is the largest at $26,609 million, about 16% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Packaging & Containers sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 19 Packaging & Containers companies on this page is 17.1×, measured on the 17 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Packaging & Containers sector performing?
15 of the 19 covered Packaging & Containers companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 35.1% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Packaging & Containers stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 19 listed Packaging & Containers companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.