Kapstone Paper & Packaging's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Kapstone Paper & Packaging (KS) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Kapstone Paper & Packaging vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 3,464M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+3.2% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Peer revenue share: Kapstone Paper & Packaging accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
KS Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2018
Kapstone Paper & Packaging generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Paper & Paper Products industry grew revenue 4.3% year over year, combined, vs 2.9% for Kapstone Paper & Packaging. Kapstone Paper & Packaging's share of combined industry revenue moved from 2.50% to 2.47%, a loss of 0.03 percentage points.
Kapstone Paper & Packaging's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 62.50 % (5 of 8) | 62.50 % (5 of 8) | 75.00 % (6 of 8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.