AMCR vs GPK vs RYAM Stock Comparison

Amcor, Graphic Packaging Holding and Rayonier Advanced Materials Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMCR Amcor plc
$46.11 +7.7% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$21.40B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$23.51B
Div. yield
0.06%
Plastic Packaging Basic Materials
9 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Amcor leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Amcor 9, Graphic Packaging Holding 1, Rayonier Advanced Materials 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMCRGPKRYAMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.40B $2.60B $437.47M AMCR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.4x 13.4x -3.1x GPK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 13.1x — AMCR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.6% +0.0% -3.3% AMCR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.7% 2.2% -9.5% AMCR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.1% 4.3% -4.7% AMCR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 5.1x 8.4x AMCR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.1% -50.4% -10.1% AMCR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.4%/yr -15.8%/yr -2.1%/yr RYAM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.6% 47.4% 68.0% AMCR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 51/100 22/100 AMCR

Percentile Scorecard

AMCRGPKRYAM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMCRGPKRYAM
Valuation 40 #10 of 16 100 #1 of 16 42 #55 of 94
Growth 100 #1 of 16 0 #16 of 16 9 #84 of 92
Profitability 67 #6 of 16 53 #8 of 16 26 #66 of 89
Financial Health 44 #10 of 17 19 #14 of 17 10 #87 of 97
Shareholder Returns 77 #4 of 14 85 #3 of 14 –
Overall 65 51 22
  • AMCR ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • GPK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • RYAM ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMCRGPKRYAMSPY
1 month +7.7%-9.3%-26.9% -1.0%
3 months +3.5%-20.4%-20.1% +2.9%
6 months +18.4%-6.2%-30.5% +6.4%
Year to date +10.6%-41.8%+13.6% +11.4%
1 year +12.1%-50.4%-10.1% +13.1%
3 years +6.9%-56.9%+137.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.2%-24.5%+33.4% +21.5%
5 years -24.2%-57.5%-10.0% +67.7%
5 years, per year -5.4%-15.8%-2.1% +10.9%
10 years —-35.1%-51.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —-4.2%-7.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMCRGPKRYAMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.6%47.4%68.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.1%47.9%56.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.871.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.38-1.06-0.15 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.6%-73.0%-71.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-50.4%-43.1% -2.5%
52-week high $50.58$17.68$11.75 $779.14
52-week low $36.69$8.24$5.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMCRGPKRYAM
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 18.2x 13.4xmedian 18.2x -3.2xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.5x 7.5xmedian 9.5x 13.6xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 15.7x 13.7xmedian 15.7x -12.4xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.4x 0.8xmedian 1.4x 2.3xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.55median 0.83 -0.39median 0.83 0.03median 1.70

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMCRGPKRYAM
Revenue $23.51B $8.64B $1.47B
Gross profit $4.69B $1.34B $86.44M
Operating income $1.90B $504.00M -$51.13M
Net income $1.11B $194.00M -$139.93M
Free cash flow $1.23B $189.00M -$36.56M
R&D $170.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $2.38 $0.65 $-2.07
Cash & equivalents $1.12B $205.00M $57.01M
Total debt $59.83B $5.67B $774.77M
Shares (diluted) 463.80M 296.70M 67.51M
Enterprise value $16.82B $1.82B $160.09M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMCRGPKRYAM
P/E 19.3x 13.4x -3.2x
P/FCF 17.3x 13.7x -12.4x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x 3.3x 8.8x
P/S 0.9x 0.3x 0.3x
P/B 1.8x 0.8x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 1.0x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 7.5x 13.6x
EV/EBIT 18.0x 16.0x -22.9x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 0.9x 0.8x
EV/FCF 27.8x 42.6x -32.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x 10.2x 22.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.55 -0.39 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMCRGPKRYAM
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.6% 0.0% -3.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.0% -3.7% -6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 65.5% -26.6% -32.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.8% -13.6% -15.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 88.2% -45.9% -130.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% -24.2% -43.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 113.5% -63.7% 68.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.5% -35.0% -113.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% -63.1% 68.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.4% -34.1% -111.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.7% 3.1% -55.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.5% -10.1% -35.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 51.7% 147.8% -241.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% -28.6% -34.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMCRGPKRYAM
Gross margin 20.0% 15.5% 5.9%
EBITDA margin 14.6% 12.4% 5.9%
Operating margin 8.1% 5.8% -3.5%
Pretax margin 5.5% 2.9% -10.2%
Net margin 4.7% 2.2% -9.5%
FCF margin 5.2% 2.2% -2.5%
Operating cash flow margin 9.2% 9.2% 3.5%
Return on equity 9.4% 6.0% -65.8%
Return on assets 3.0% 1.7% -8.5%
Return on invested capital 6.1% 4.3% -4.7%
Return on capital employed 6.4% 5.3% -4.0%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 4.1x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMCRGPKRYAM
Debt / assets 37.8% 48.6% 47.8%
Debt / equity 1.2x 1.8x 4.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 5.1x 8.4x
Debt / FCF 11.4x 30.0x -21.2x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 72.2% 88.0%
Equity / assets 31.8% 27.8% 12.0%
Interest coverage 2.8x 2.0x -0.5x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.4x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.39 1.34 0.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMCRGPKRYAM
Dividend yield 5.6% 5.0% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% – –
Shareholder yield 5.6% 5.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 108.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 97.2% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 41.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMCRGPKRYAM
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2027 13.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $4.04FY2027 $0.67FY2026 $-1.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2027 -62.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +12.4% +43.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.41BFY2027 $8.23BFY2026 $1.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.4%FY2027 -4.5%FY2026 -4.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +0.0% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMCRGPKRYAM
Held by institutions 77.1% 100.0% 77.1%
Institutions holding 684 499 188
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +5.3% -2.3%
Institutions buying 409 322 98
Institutions selling 211 130 48
Buyers to sellers 1.94 2.48 2.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMCRGPKRYAM
AMCR 1.00 0.45 0.14
GPK 0.45 1.00 0.16
RYAM 0.14 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMCR, GPK and RYAM?

Amcor (AMCR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amcor (AMCR) $21.40B, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) $2.60B, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) $437.47M.

Which stock is cheaper, AMCR, GPK and RYAM?

Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amcor (AMCR) 19.4x, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 13.4x, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -3.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amcor (AMCR) is cheapest (Amcor (AMCR) 11.4x, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 13.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amcor (AMCR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amcor (AMCR) +56.6%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) +0.0%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -3.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amcor (AMCR) has the highest net margin (Amcor (AMCR) 4.7%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 2.2%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -9.5%). On return on invested capital, Amcor (AMCR) leads (Amcor (AMCR) 6.1%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 4.3%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amcor (AMCR) returned the most: Amcor (AMCR) +12.1%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) -50.4%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -10.1%. Over five years, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) compounded fastest (Amcor (AMCR) -5.4%/yr, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) -15.8%/yr, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) -2.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Amcor (AMCR) 0.06%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 0.00%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) 0.00%. Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amcor (AMCR) has been the steadiest (Amcor (AMCR) 31.6%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 47.4%, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) 68.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMCR, GPK and RYAM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amcor (AMCR) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.