AMCR vs SON vs TG Stock Comparison

Amcor, Sonoco Products and Tredegar 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
4 wins
SON Sonoco Products Co
$50.12 -1.0% 1M +21.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.92B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.46B
Div. yield
0.04%
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
6 wins
TG Tredegar Corp
$7.30 +4.1% 1M -0.3% 1Y
Market cap
$255.93M
P/E
7.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$781.84M
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Sonoco Products leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sonoco Products 6, Amcor 4, Tredegar 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMCRSONTGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.40B $4.92B $255.93M AMCR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.4x 7.8x 7.7x TG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 9.3x 15.2x SON
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.6% +17.7% +51.6% AMCR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.7% 8.4% 4.3% SON
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.1% 10.0% -186.1% SON
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 2.7x 0.0x TG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.04% 0.00% AMCR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.1% +21.0% -0.3% SON
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.4%/yr -3.4%/yr -10.3%/yr SON
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.6% 33.8% 48.2% AMCR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 68/100 66/100 SON

Percentile Scorecard

AMCRSONTG

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

AxisAMCRSONTG
Valuation 40 #10 of 16 80 #4 of 16 90 #22 of 203
Growth 100 #1 of 16 87 #3 of 16 97 #6 of 188
Profitability 67 #6 of 16 87 #3 of 16 34 #123 of 187
Financial Health 44 #10 of 17 31 #12 of 17 41 #132 of 222
Shareholder Returns 77 #4 of 14 54 #7 of 14 –
Overall 65 68 66
  • AMCR ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SON ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • TG ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMCRSONTGSPY
1 month +7.7%-1.0%+4.1% -1.0%
3 months +3.5%-13.9%-5.2% +2.9%
6 months +18.4%+3.4%-22.5% +6.4%
Year to date +10.6%+14.8%+1.7% +11.4%
1 year +12.1%+21.0%-0.3% +13.1%
3 years +6.9%-0.9%+49.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.2%-0.3%+14.3% +21.5%
5 years -24.2%-15.8%-41.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year -5.4%-3.4%-10.3% +10.9%
10 years —-1.5%-60.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year —-0.2%-9.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMCRSONTGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.6%33.8%48.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.1%36.5%50.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.391.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.380.62-0.01 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.6%-41.2%-69.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-17.2%-29.5% -2.5%
52-week high $50.58$60.55$10.35 $779.14
52-week low $36.69$39.27$6.29 $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.

MultipleAMCRSONTG
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 18.2x 7.9xmedian 18.2x 7.6xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.5x 5.9xmedian 9.5x -0.5xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 15.7x 14.0xmedian 15.7x 11.3xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 1.4x 1.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -1.55median 0.83 0.90median 0.83 0.15median 1.19

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 monthsAMCRSONTG
Revenue $23.51B $7.46B $781.84M
Gross profit $4.69B $1.55B $114.03M
Operating income $1.90B $1.04B -$627.32M
Net income $1.11B $628.33M $33.32M
Free cash flow $1.23B $354.83M $22.64M
R&D $170.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $2.38 $6.29 $0.96
Cash & equivalents $1.12B $168.65M $17.18M
Total debt $59.83B $4.45B $176.85M
Shares (diluted) 463.80M 99.78M 34.84M
Enterprise value $16.82B $3.90B $203.12M

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
MetricAMCRSONTG
P/E 19.3x 7.9x 7.6x
P/FCF 17.3x 14.0x 11.3x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x 7.8x 5.9x
P/S 0.9x 0.7x 0.3x
P/B 1.8x 1.4x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 4.7x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 5.9x -0.5x
EV/EBIT 18.0x 8.9x -0.5x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.2x 0.4x
EV/FCF 27.8x 26.0x 12.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x 14.5x 6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.55 0.90 0.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSONTG
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.6% 17.7% 51.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 15.0% 39.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 65.5% 15.6% 402.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 13.1% 34.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 88.2% 124.7% 9.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 19.0% 12.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 113.5% 13.0% 151.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.5% 9.2% 51.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% 12.7% 151.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.4% 8.8% 50.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.7% 17.2% 183.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.5% -1.8% 56.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 51.7% 148.7% 18,156%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% 2.3% 41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSONTG
Gross margin 20.0% 20.8% 14.6%
EBITDA margin 14.6% 20.9% -77.5%
Operating margin 8.1% 13.9% -80.2%
Pretax margin 5.5% 10.8% 5.2%
Net margin 4.7% 8.4% 4.3%
FCF margin 5.2% 4.8% 2.9%
Operating cash flow margin 9.2% 8.5% 5.6%
Return on equity 9.4% 17.5% 14.5%
Return on assets 3.0% 5.7% 8.0%
Return on invested capital 6.1% 10.0% -186.1%
Return on capital employed 6.4% 12.6% -218.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 1.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.0x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMCRSONTG
Debt / assets 37.8% 40.6% 11.1%
Debt / equity 1.2x 1.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 2.7x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 11.4x 12.6x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 67.2% 44.6%
Equity / assets 31.8% 32.8% 55.4%
Interest coverage 2.8x 5.1x -309.2x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.39 1.83 -1.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMCRSONTG
Dividend yield 5.6% 4.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 0.1% –
Shareholder yield 5.6% 4.4% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 108.0% 33.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 97.2% 59.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 41.4% 2.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 2.9% –

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.

ConsensusAMCRSONTG
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2027 9.3xFY2026 15.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $4.04FY2027 $5.38FY2026 $0.48FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2027 -5.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +12.4% +18.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.41BFY2027 $7.74BFY2026 $892.15MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -0.4%FY2027 +3.0%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% -5.3% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMCRSONTG
Held by institutions 77.1% 97.9% 65.9%
Institutions holding 684 507 146
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +13.2% -4.6%
Institutions buying 409 264 93
Institutions selling 211 160 22
Buyers to sellers 1.94 1.65 4.23

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.

AMCRSONTG
AMCR 1.00 0.57 0.27
SON 0.57 1.00 0.20
TG 0.27 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMCR, SON and TG?

Amcor (AMCR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amcor (AMCR) $21.40B, Sonoco Products (SON) $4.92B, Tredegar (TG) $255.93M.

Which stock is cheaper, AMCR, SON and TG?

Tredegar (TG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amcor (AMCR) 19.4x, Sonoco Products (SON) 7.8x, Tredegar (TG) 7.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sonoco Products (SON) is cheapest (Amcor (AMCR) 11.4x, Sonoco Products (SON) 9.3x, Tredegar (TG) 15.2x). 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%, Sonoco Products (SON) +17.7%, Tredegar (TG) +51.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sonoco Products (SON) has the highest net margin (Amcor (AMCR) 4.7%, Sonoco Products (SON) 8.4%, Tredegar (TG) 4.3%). On return on invested capital, Sonoco Products (SON) leads (Amcor (AMCR) 6.1%, Sonoco Products (SON) 10.0%, Tredegar (TG) -186.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sonoco Products (SON) returned the most: Amcor (AMCR) +12.1%, Sonoco Products (SON) +21.0%, Tredegar (TG) -0.3%. Over five years, Sonoco Products (SON) compounded fastest (Amcor (AMCR) -5.4%/yr, Sonoco Products (SON) -3.4%/yr, Tredegar (TG) -10.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Amcor (AMCR) has the highest dividend yield: Amcor (AMCR) 0.06%, Sonoco Products (SON) 0.04%, Tredegar (TG) 0.00%. Tredegar (TG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amcor (AMCR) has been the steadiest (Amcor (AMCR) 31.6%, Sonoco Products (SON) 33.8%, Tredegar (TG) 48.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMCR, SON and TG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sonoco Products (SON) leads on 6. 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.