Comparing Nine Dragons Paper (OTCMKTS:NDGPY) & Magnera (NYSE:MAGN)

Nine Dragons Paper (OTCMKTS:NDGPY) and Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Nine Dragons Paper has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnera has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nine Dragons Paper and Magnera”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nine Dragons Paper	$8.25 billion	0.23	$107.12 million	N/A	N/A
Magnera	$702.00 million	0.11	-$79.05 million	($18.34)	-1.23

Nine Dragons Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Magnera.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Magnera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Nine Dragons Paper and Magnera, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nine Dragons Paper	0	0	0	0	0.00
Magnera	0	0	1	0	3.00

Magnera has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.48%. Given Magnera’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Magnera is more favorable than Nine Dragons Paper.

Profitability

This table compares Nine Dragons Paper and Magnera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nine Dragons Paper	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magnera	-6.97%	-22.40%	-4.57%

About Nine Dragons Paper

Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of packaging paper, recycled printing and writing paper, and specialty paper and pulp products in the People's Republic of China. The company offers linerboard products, including kraft, test, white top, and coated linerboards; corrugating medium containerboard products; corrugated cardboard products; carton box products; corrugated sheet products; and coated duplex boards. It also provides recycled printing and writing paper, such as uncoated wood-free paper and office paper; capacitor tissue paper; low and high voltage, ultra-high-voltage transformer coil winding, and heat-resistant insulating paper; and recycled and kraft pulp products. It also operates in Vietnam, Malaysia, and the United States. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dongguan, the People's Republic of China. Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited operates as a subsidiary of Best Result Holdings Limited.

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.