Contrasting Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) (OTCMKTS:SVCBY) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP)

Profitability

This table compares Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) and IT Tech Packaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ)	79.33%	3.96%	2.65%
IT Tech Packaging	-12.35%	-5.92%	-5.09%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) and IT Tech Packaging”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ)	$2.07 billion	5.60	$1.64 billion	$0.43	42.33
IT Tech Packaging	$78.94 million	0.04	-$9.95 million	($1.02)	-0.18

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) has higher revenue and earnings than IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) beats IT Tech Packaging on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ)

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ), a forest products company, develops, produces, and sells forest, wood, pulp, and paper products worldwide. The company offers wood products to the home improvement and building materials sectors, including machined softwood, carcassing, MDF, decking, and sheet materials for builders' merchants and DIY retailers; and various wood products, industrial components, standard wood products, and raw materials, as well as logistic, warehouse, and IT solutions for the wood industry. It also provides decking, carcassing, softwood PSE, door lining and casing, softwood molding, composite decking, sheet material, and MDF molding wood products for use in homes; and softwood shavings for horses. In addition, the company offers pulp products under the Celeste, Star, and Cirrus names; coated papers, including glossy and matt surfaces; uncoated printing paper; and Kraftliner products for consumer durables, electronics, hazardous goods, industrial products, fruit and vegetables, frozen foods, etc. Further, it provides forwarding services for various transport modes, such as truck, rail, and barge, as well as marine and road transport; and liquid biofuels, solid biofuels, pellets, stall pellets, and wind energy. Additionally, the company engages in the distribution and wholesale of wood products; production of Kraft and chemical thermomechanical pulps, and containerboards; and publication of paper for magazines, catalogues, and commercial print. Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Sundsvall, Sweden.

About IT Tech Packaging

IT Tech Packaging, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of paper products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Dongfang Paper, Tengsheng Paper, and Baoding Shengde. It offers corrugating medium papers to companies making corrugating cardboards; and offset printing papers to printing companies. The company also provides tissue paper products, including toilet papers, boxed and soft-packed tissues, handkerchief tissues, and paper napkins, as well as bathroom and kitchen paper towels under the Dongfang Paper brand. In addition, it produces and sells non-medical single-use face masks, and medical face masks. The company was formerly known as Orient Paper, Inc. and changed its name to IT Tech Packaging, Inc. in August 2018. The company is headquartered in Baoding, the People's' Republic of China.