UPM-Kymmene Oyj (OTCMKTS:UPMMY) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) Financial Survey

UPM-Kymmene Oyj (OTCMKTS:UPMMY) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares UPM-Kymmene Oyj and Magnera”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UPM-Kymmene Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magnera	$3.20 billion	0.14	-$159.00 million	($2.01)	-6.15

UPM-Kymmene Oyj has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Magnera.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for UPM-Kymmene Oyj and Magnera, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UPM-Kymmene Oyj	0	0	0	0	0.00
Magnera	1	2	0	0	1.67

Magnera has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.45%. Given Magnera’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Magnera is more favorable than UPM-Kymmene Oyj.

Profitability

This table compares UPM-Kymmene Oyj and Magnera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UPM-Kymmene Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magnera	-3.41%	-10.77%	-2.87%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.9% of Magnera shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Magnera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Magnera beats UPM-Kymmene Oyj on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UPM-Kymmene Oyj

UPM-Kymmene Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the forest-based bioindustry in Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. It operates through UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Plywood, and Other Operations segments. The company provides softwood, birch, and eucalyptus pulp for tissue, specialty, and graphic papers and packaging; sawn timber for joinery, packaging, furniture, planning, and construction industries; and wood-based renewable diesel and renewable naphtha for transport and petrochemical industry. It is also involved in the generation of electricity through hydro, thermal, and nuclear power plants. In addition, the company offers self-adhesive label materials for branding and promotion, information, and functional labeling in the food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, and logistics segments; and specialty packaging materials, such as label papers, release liners, office papers, and flexible packaging for labeling, packing, commercial siliconizing, and printing, as well as graphic papers for advertising, publishing, and home and office use. Further, it provides plywood and veneer products for construction, vehicle flooring, liquefied natural gas shipbuilding, and parquet manufacturing, as well as for other industrial applications; wood and wood-based biomass, and forestry services for forest investors and owners; wood-based biomedical products, such as nano-fibrillar cellulose for clinical and life science applications; wood-based lignin products for industrial use; and UPM ProFi decking products and UPM formi granules. Additionally, the company offers financial portfolio management services. UPM-Kymmene Oyj was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

About Magnera

Magnera’s purpose is to better the world with new possibilities made real. By continuously co-creating and innovating with our partners, we develop original material solutions that make a brighter future possible. With a breadth of technologies and a passion for what we create, Magnera’s solutions propel our customers’ goals forward and solve end-users’ problems, every day.