Head to Head Comparison: Smurfit Kappa Group (OTCMKTS:SMFTF) & O-I Glass (NYSE:OI)

O-I Glass (NYSE:OI) and Smurfit Kappa Group (OTCMKTS:SMFTF) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares O-I Glass and Smurfit Kappa Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
O-I Glass	-18.13%	10.40%	1.43%
Smurfit Kappa Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares O-I Glass and Smurfit Kappa Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
O-I Glass	$6.43 billion	0.16	-$129.00 million	($7.52)	-0.91
Smurfit Kappa Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.19	38.02

Smurfit Kappa Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than O-I Glass. O-I Glass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smurfit Kappa Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for O-I Glass and Smurfit Kappa Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
O-I Glass	2	4	3	0	2.11
Smurfit Kappa Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

O-I Glass presently has a consensus target price of $10.19, suggesting a potential upside of 49.27%. Given O-I Glass’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe O-I Glass is more favorable than Smurfit Kappa Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.2% of O-I Glass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of O-I Glass shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

O-I Glass beats Smurfit Kappa Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About O-I Glass

O-I Glass, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of glass containers to food and beverage manufacturers primarily in the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The company produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits, and wine. It is also involved in the production of glass packaging for various food items, soft drinks, tea, juices, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the company offers glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes, and colors. It sells its products directly to customers under annual or multi-year supply agreements, as well as through distributors. O-I Glass, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is based in Perrysburg, Ohio.

About Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit Kappa Group Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland, Germany, France, Mexico, rest of Europe, and other Americas. The company offers e-commerce, retail, consumer, industrial, bottle, protective, heavy-duty, hexacomb, and various punnet packaging products; composite cardboard tubes, bags, and sacks; and bag-in-box, a packaging system that comprises films, accessories, bags, taps, and boxes. It also provides point of sale displays; cardboards of social distancing; corrugated sheet boards, solid board sheets, folding carton sheet boards, sack Kraft papers, MG brown Kraft papers, preprint products, agro-papers, technical papers, BanaBag, and Catcher Board MB12; and various types of containerboards, such as kraftliners, testliners, and containerboard flutings. In addition, the company offers recycling solutions to cardboard and paper products; and supplies packaging machinery. It primarily serves consumer goods, industrial goods, and food and drink sectors. Smurfit Kappa Group Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.