Pactiv Evergreen Inc.

NasdaqGS:PTVE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.3b

Pactiv Evergreen Valuation

Is PTVE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PTVE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PTVE ($12.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($32.23)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PTVE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PTVE?

Key metric: As PTVE is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PTVE. This is calculated by dividing PTVE's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PTVE's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.4x
SalesUS$5.20b
Market CapUS$2.25b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does PTVE's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for PTVE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.1x
SEE Sealed Air
0.9x2.1%US$5.1b
SON Sonoco Products
0.7x0.8%US$4.8b
PACK Ranpak Holdings
1.7x7.4%US$570.3m
GPK Graphic Packaging Holding
1x2.4%US$8.5b
PTVE Pactiv Evergreen
0.4x1.2%US$2.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PTVE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the peer average (1.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does PTVE's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Packaging Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OCTO Eightco Holdings
0.08xn/aUS$2.74m
No more companies available in this PS range
PTVE 0.4xIndustry Avg. 0.9xNo. of Companies4PS00.61.21.82.43+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PTVE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the US Packaging industry average (0.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PTVE's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PTVE PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.4x
Fair PS Ratio0.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: PTVE is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PTVE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$12.99
US$14.50
+11.6%
11.8%US$17.00US$12.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$11.31
US$14.00
+23.8%
10.1%US$16.00US$12.00n/a6
Oct ’25US$11.55
US$13.50
+16.9%
8.2%US$15.00US$12.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$11.80
US$13.50
+14.4%
8.2%US$15.00US$12.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$10.46
US$15.07
+44.1%
9.5%US$18.00US$13.50n/a7
Jul ’25US$11.40
US$16.36
+43.5%
10.4%US$19.00US$13.50n/a7
Jun ’25US$12.36
US$16.36
+32.3%
10.4%US$19.00US$13.50n/a7
May ’25US$15.22
US$16.86
+10.8%
9.7%US$19.00US$14.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$14.22
US$16.43
+15.5%
10.7%US$19.00US$14.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$13.26
US$16.14
+21.7%
14.2%US$19.00US$12.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$14.66
US$15.71
+7.2%
18.2%US$19.00US$11.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$13.71
US$12.00
-12.5%
11.8%US$14.00US$10.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$12.10
US$11.60
-4.1%
8.8%US$13.00US$10.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$8.53
US$9.80
+14.9%
10.0%US$11.00US$8.00US$11.315
Oct ’24US$8.13
US$10.20
+25.5%
7.3%US$11.00US$9.00US$11.555
Sep ’24US$8.54
US$10.20
+19.4%
7.3%US$11.00US$9.00US$11.805
Aug ’24US$8.47
US$9.50
+12.2%
10.1%US$11.00US$8.00US$10.466
Jul ’24US$7.57
US$9.93
+31.2%
10.2%US$11.00US$8.00US$11.407
Jun ’24US$6.87
US$9.93
+44.5%
10.2%US$11.00US$8.00US$12.367
May ’24US$7.98
US$10.64
+33.4%
16.0%US$14.00US$8.00US$15.227
Apr ’24US$8.00
US$11.93
+49.1%
11.9%US$14.00US$10.00US$14.227
Mar ’24US$11.14
US$13.00
+16.7%
11.6%US$16.00US$11.00US$13.267
Feb ’24US$11.27
US$13.00
+15.4%
11.6%US$16.00US$11.00US$14.667
Jan ’24US$11.36
US$13.25
+16.6%
11.2%US$16.00US$11.00US$13.718
Dec ’23US$11.83
US$13.25
+12.0%
11.2%US$16.00US$11.00US$12.108
Nov ’23US$10.86
US$11.94
+9.9%
17.6%US$16.00US$9.00US$8.538

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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