Head-To-Head Survey: Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) vs. Holmen AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:HLMNY)

Holmen AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:HLMNY) and Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.9% of Glatfelter shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Glatfelter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Holmen AB (publ) and Glatfelter’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holmen AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Glatfelter	-5.71%	-14.04%	-2.45%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Holmen AB (publ) and Glatfelter, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holmen AB (publ)	1	0	0	0	1.00
Glatfelter	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Holmen AB (publ) and Glatfelter’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Holmen AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.85	2.96
Glatfelter	$1.39 billion	0.05	-$79.05 million	($1.75)	-0.85

Holmen AB (publ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Holmen AB (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Holmen AB (publ) beats Glatfelter on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Holmen AB (publ)

Holmen AB (publ) engages in forest, paperboard, paper, wood products, and renewable energy businesses in Sweden and internationally. The Forest segment offers logs and pulpwood; and manages forests. The Paperboard segment provides paperboards for consumer packaging for brand owners, converters, and wholesalers. The Paper segment offers papers for books, and packaging and graphical publications for publishers, printers, retailers, and converters. The Wood Products segment provides construction and joinery timber, CLT and glulam products, and wood for pallets and packaging for construction, joinery, and packaging industries, as well as builders' merchants. The Renewable Energy segment generates electricity from wind, water, and bioenergy. Holmen AB (publ) was founded in 1609 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

About Glatfelter

Glatfelter Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of engineered materials worldwide. It operates through three segments: Composite Fibers, Airlaid Materials, and Spunlace. The Composite Fibers segment offers food and beverage filtration materials for single-serve coffee and tea products; wallcover base materials for wallpaper manufacturers; metallized products that are used in labels, packaging liners, gift wraps, and other consumer product applications; composite laminates consisting of decorative laminates for use in furniture, household and commercial flooring, and other applications; and specialty engineered products, which are used in electrical energy storage, home, hygiene, and other engineered fiber-based applications. The Airlaid Materials segment supplies absorbent cellulose-based airlaid nonwoven materials that are used to manufacture consumer products, such as feminine hygiene and other hygiene products, specialty wipes, tabletop, adult incontinence, home care, food pads, and other consumer and industrial products. The Spunlace segment manufactures spunlace nonwovens for cleaning, high-performance materials, personal care, hygiene, and medical applications. The company was formerly known as P. H. Glatfelter Company. Glatfelter Corporation was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.