Head to Head Review: CCL Industries (CCDBF) & The Competition

CCL Industries (OTCMKTS:CCDBF) is one of 70 publicly-traded companies in the “Containers & Packaging” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare CCL Industries to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.4% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CCL Industries and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CCL Industries	0	1	4	0	2.80
CCL Industries Competitors	382	2319	3367	84	2.51

As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies have a potential upside of 29.37%. Given CCL Industries’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CCL Industries has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares CCL Industries and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CCL Industries	10.37%	14.62%	7.89%
CCL Industries Competitors	-28.76%	-31.82%	2.15%

Dividends

CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CCL Industries pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.1% and pay out -106.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. CCL Industries lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CCL Industries and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CCL Industries	$5.48 billion	$574.28 million	40.92
CCL Industries Competitors	$8.00 billion	$208.36 million	14.44

CCL Industries’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than CCL Industries. CCL Industries is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

About CCL Industries

CCL Industries Inc. manufactures and sells labels, consumer printable media products, technology-driven label solutions, polymer banknote substrates, and specialty films. It operates through CCL, Avery, Checkpoint, and Innovia segments. The CCL segment converts pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for a range of decorative, instructional, security, and functional applications for government institutions and global customers in consumer packaging, healthcare, chemicals, consumer durables, electronic device, and automotive markets. The Avery segment supplies labels, specialty converted media, and software solutions to enable short-run digital printing in businesses and homes alongside complementary products sold through distributors, mass-market stores, and e-commerce retailers. The Checkpoint segment engages in developing radio frequency and radio frequency identification-based technology systems for loss prevention and inventory management applications, including labeling and tagging solutions for the retail and apparel industries. The Innovia segment supplies biaxially oriented polypropylene films to customers in the pressure sensitive label materials, flexible packaging, and consumer packaged goods industries. The company operates in Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and New Zealand. CCL Industries Inc. was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.