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  • A Non-Cyclical Paper Stock Selling At A Discount To Peers

    By Mark Lin - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: GPK, MWV, RKT

    Paper companies are perceived as cyclical, but that is not necessarily true for all of them. Graphic Packaging (NYSE: GPK), the largest folding carton manufacturer in the U.S, is one such exception. It sells mainly to customers in stable industry end markets such as food & beverage, and has various initiatives in place to mitigate the impact of input cost inflation. Graphic Packaging is attractively priced at a PEG of more »

  • Money Really Does Grow on Trees

    By Ryan Guenette - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: CLW, UFS, IP, MWV, RKT

    The global leader in producing and distributing printing papers and packaging products, International Paper Company (NYSE: IP), reported first quarter financial results on May 2. Compared to the first quarter of 2012, earnings increased 69%, from $188 million ($0.43 per share) to $318 million ($0.71 per share), largely as a result of strong growth in the company’s industrial packaging segment.

    Despite this relatively strong performance, earnings per more »

  • Hedge Fund Manager Kris Kristynik’s Favorite Investments for 2013

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: AON, CPB, RKT, TRV, WMT

    In the investing world, hedge fund sentiment is an underrated indicator that really can help retail investors beat the market. While the entire industry itself is comprised of thousands of hedge funds, we at Insider Monkey choose to track the top 450 or so—the smart money’s crème de la crème. We recently teamed up with MarketWatch to create the Billionaire Hedge Fund Index, and our small-cap strategy gained more »

  • There is not much to “GREIF”

    By VINITA MITTAL - December 19, 2012 | Tickers: GEF-B, IP, RKT

    Grief Inc. (NYSE: GEF) reported its final Quarter results of 2012 with net income of $26.5m, 27% higher by $20.8m of the same quarter in 2011.Greif is world leader in Industrial packaging products and services and is strategically located in more than 55 countries to provide its customers services such as blending, filling, packaging and industrial packaging reconditioning services to name a few.

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  • Paper Industry Looks to Diversify

    By Edgar Ambart - March 3, 2012 | Tickers: IP, MWV, PKG, RKT

    If you were a fan of the TV show “The Office” like I was before Steve Carell decided to jump ship, then you must know a thing or two about paper companies.  In the series, mid-size paper company Dunder Mifflin is doing all it can to boost sales in a steadily declining market.  But ever wonder how a large name like International Paper Co. (NYSE: IP) is doing in a more »

  • 5 Reasons to Invest in International Paper

    By Arthur Pinkasovitch - February 24, 2012 | Tickers: BZ, IP, MWV, PKG, RKT

    Over the last year International Paper (NYSE: IP) appreciated by 21%; after factoring in its substantial 3.1% dividend and assuming reinvestment, investors who held the shares of the company realized a 25% return, outperforming the market by 20%. I came across International Paper while doing some research on Undervalued Dividends and although the overall business model is fairly boring, I became interested in doing some more digging into the more »