Financial Survey: Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) vs. Multi Ways (NYSE:MWG)

Multi Ways (NYSE:MWG) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.8% of Multi Ways shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amcor shares are owned by company 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 Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Multi Ways and Amcor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Multi Ways	0	0	0	0	N/A
Amcor	0	4	1	0	2.20

Amcor has a consensus target price of $10.94, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Amcor’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Multi Ways.

Risk and Volatility

Multi Ways has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Multi Ways and Amcor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Multi Ways	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amcor	5.35%	25.45%	6.10%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Multi Ways and Amcor”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Multi Ways	$36.02 million	0.25	$1.79 million	N/A	N/A
Amcor	$13.64 billion	1.09	$730.00 million	$0.53	19.36

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Multi Ways.

Summary

Amcor beats Multi Ways on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Multi Ways

Multi Ways Holdings Limited supplies a range of heavy construction equipment for sales and rental in Singapore, Australia, and internationally. The company engages in the supplying and rental of new and used heavy construction equipment in the infrastructure, building construction, mining, offshore and marine, and oil and gas industries. It offers earth-moving equipment, such as bulldozers, off-terrain dump trucks, excavators, and wheel loaders; material-handling equipment, such as crawler cranes, rough terrain cranes, scissor lifts, forklifts, boom-lifts, and telescopic handlers; road-building equipment comprising motor graders, vibrating compactors, asphalt finishers, skid loaders, backhoe loaders, hand rollers, and mini excavators; and air compressors, generators, lighting towers, and welding machines. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Singapore. Multi Ways Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of MWE Investments Limited.

About Amcor

Amcor plc develops, produces, and sells packaging products in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia Pacific regions. The company operates through two segments, Flexibles and Rigid Packaging. The Flexibles segment provides flexible and film packaging products in the food and beverage, medical and pharmaceutical, fresh produce, snack food, personal care, and other industries. The Rigid Packaging segment offers rigid containers for various beverage and food products, including carbonated soft drinks, water, juices, sports drinks, milk-based beverages, spirits and beer, sauces, dressings, spreads, and personal care items; and plastic caps for various applications. The company sells its products through its direct sales force. Amcor plc was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.