Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT – Get Free Report) and Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:LMPMY – Get Free Report) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Glatfelter and Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Return on Equity
Return on Assets
Glatfelter
-5.71%
-14.04%
-2.45%
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
N/A
Insider and Institutional Ownership
79.3% of Glatfelter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Glatfelter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Glatfelter pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.6%. Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Glatfelter pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing pays out 1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Glatfelter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Glatfelter and Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Price/Sales Ratio
Net Income
Earnings Per Share
Price/Earnings Ratio
Glatfelter
$1.39 billion
0.06
-$79.05 million
($1.75)
-1.01
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
N/A
$4.02
0.78
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Glatfelter and Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, as provided by MarketBeat.
Hold Ratings
Buy Ratings
Strong Buy Ratings
Rating Score
Glatfelter
0
0
0
0
N/A
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
1
0
0
0
1.00
About Glatfelter
Glatfelter Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of engineered materials worldwide. It operates through three segments: Composite Fibers, Airlaid Materials, and Spunlace. The Composite Fibers segment offers food and beverage filtration materials for single-serve coffee and tea products; wallcover base materials for wallpaper manufacturers; metallized products that are used in labels, packaging liners, gift wraps, and other consumer product applications; composite laminates consisting of decorative laminates for use in furniture, household and commercial flooring, and other applications; and specialty engineered products, which are used in electrical energy storage, home, hygiene, and other engineered fiber-based applications. The Airlaid Materials segment supplies absorbent cellulose-based airlaid nonwoven materials that are used to manufacture consumer products, such as feminine hygiene and other hygiene products, specialty wipes, tabletop, adult incontinence, home care, food pads, and other consumer and industrial products. The Spunlace segment manufactures spunlace nonwovens for cleaning, high-performance materials, personal care, hygiene, and medical applications. The company was formerly known as P. H. Glatfelter Company. Glatfelter Corporation was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
About Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and trading of packaging papers, pulps, and tissue papers in the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Macau, and Hong Kong. The company operates through Packaging Paper, Tissue Paper, and Pulp segments. It offers various pulp products, such as dissolved pulps for use in viscose chemical fibers, bamboo fibers, glass papers, acetate fibers, refined rayons, etc.; unbleached bamboo kraft pulps for use in ecru life papers, environmental table wares, food bags, etc.; and bleached bamboo kraft pulps for use in tissue papers, fine papers, cigarette papers, cup papers, etc. The company also provides containerboard products, including kraft and test linerboards for use in cartons, paper bags, file boxes, paperboards, wall papers, etc.; and corrugating liners for use in corrugated layer and septi-layer of paperboards, and honeycomb-like products. In addition, it offers white lined chipboards and environment friendly white linerboard coated products for use in graphic cartons, color card printing, and offset printing, as well as in packaging of commodities, household appliances, IT products, medicine/health care products, food products, toys, gifts, ceramic products, stationery products, beverages, etc.; toilet rolls for wiping and cleaning of hands, faces, food, etc.; and unbleached paper for use in various applications, such as baby care, menstruation, facial, sensitive skin, table, kitchen, etc. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in North Point, Hong Kong.
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