Posted by admin on May 20th, 2022

Infinya (OTCMKTS:HAIPF – Get Rating) and UPM-Kymmene (OTCMKTS:UPMKY – Get Rating) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

This table compares Infinya and UPM-Kymmene’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

UPM-Kymmene has higher revenue and earnings than Infinya.

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Infinya and UPM-Kymmene, as provided by MarketBeat.

UPM-Kymmene has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.45%. Given UPM-Kymmene’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UPM-Kymmene is more favorable than Infinya.

This table compares Infinya and UPM-Kymmene’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Infinya has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UPM-Kymmene has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

0.6% of UPM-Kymmene shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Infinya shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UPM-Kymmene shares are held by 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.

UPM-Kymmene beats Infinya on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

Infinya Company Profile (Get Rating)

Infinya Ltd, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells writing and printing paper, packaging paper, cardboard and corrugated boards, and recycled paper products in Israel and internationally. It provides collection and recycling services for wastepaper, cardboard and plastic waste, electronic waste, and other recyclable materials; and offers cardboard packaging solutions for the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, textile, high-tech, games, plastic, and metal products. The company also offers office supplies, paper and paper products, technology and peripherals, hobbies and crafts, furniture, food, and cleaning products. The company was formerly known as Hadera Paper Ltd. and changed its name to Infinya Ltd in February 2022. Infinya Ltd was incorporated in 1951 and is based in Hadera, Israel.

UPM-Kymmene Company Profile (Get Rating)

UPM-Kymmene Oyj operates in the forest-based bio industry. It operates through UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Plywood, and Other operations segments. The company provides eucalyptus, birch, and softwood pulp grades for tissue, specialty and graphic papers, boards, and packaging; sawn timber for construction, packaging, distribution, joinery, and furniture industries; and wood-based renewable diesel and renewable naphtha for fuel distributors, transportation, and oil and petrochemicals industries. It is also involved in the generation of electricity through hydro, nuclear, and condensing power plants. In addition, the company offers self-adhesive papers and film label stocks for product and information labelling to label printers and brand owners in food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, and retail segments; label papers and release liners, fine papers, and flexible packaging, as well as label and packaging papers production lines for retailers, printers, publishers, distributors, and paper converters; and graphic papers for advertising, magazines, newspapers, and home and office to publishers, cataloguers, retailers, printers, and merchants. Further, it provides plywood and veneer products for construction, vehicle flooring, liquefied natural gas shipbuilding, and other manufacturing industries; wood and wood-based biomass, and forestry services for woodland and forest owners; outdoor products for construction, and granulates for injection molding and extrusion; wood-based lignin products for industrial use and cell culture hydrogel products for biomedical applications; and biomedical products. The company primarily operates in Europe, North America, and Asia. UPM-Kymmene Oyj was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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