Orchids Paper Products (OTCMKTS:TISUQ) vs. Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) Head to Head Survey

Orchids Paper Products (OTCMKTS:TISUQ) and Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Orchids Paper Products and Smurfit Westrock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orchids Paper Products	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smurfit Westrock	1.14%	5.90%	2.36%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Orchids Paper Products and Smurfit Westrock, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orchids Paper Products	0	0	0	0	0.00
Smurfit Westrock	0	1	10	1	3.00

Smurfit Westrock has a consensus target price of $57.80, indicating a potential upside of 40.28%. Given Smurfit Westrock’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smurfit Westrock is more favorable than Orchids Paper Products.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Orchids Paper Products and Smurfit Westrock”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orchids Paper Products	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smurfit Westrock	$21.11 billion	1.02	$319.00 million	$0.66	62.43

Smurfit Westrock has higher revenue and earnings than Orchids Paper Products.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.4% of Smurfit Westrock shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Orchids Paper Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Smurfit Westrock shares are owned 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.

Summary

Smurfit Westrock beats Orchids Paper Products on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orchids Paper Products

Orchids Paper Products Company is a tissue paper company that manufacturers and converts tissue product for the private label consumer market.

About Smurfit Westrock

Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. The company produces containerboard that it converts into corrugated containers or sells to third parties, as well as produces other types of paper, such as consumer packaging board, sack paper, graphic paper, solid board and graphic board, and other paper-based packaging products, such as consumer packaging, solid board packaging, paper sacks, and other packaging products, including bag-in-box. It also produces linerboard and corrugated medium, paperboard, and non-packaging grades of paper, as well as converted products, such as folding cartons and corrugated boxes, and other products; recycled paper-based packaging products; and packaging machinery. The company primarily serves food and beverage, e-commerce, retail, consumer goods, industrial, and foodservice markets. Smurfit Westrock Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.