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Ranpak Holdings

PACK
22
Packaging & Containers · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$6.81
-0.09 (-1.30%)
Market Cap
$582.6M
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+7.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 78.5M (2021) → 84.2M (2025)

Ranpak Holdings Corp. makes paper-based packaging materials used to protect products during shipping. Its main products include void fill, cushioning, and wrapping systems — basically the paper padding you might find inside a box when an online order arrives. The company sells to e-commerce retailers, industrial manufacturers, and logistics companies that want an alternative to plastic packaging.

Ranpak makes money by selling or leasing its packaging machines to customers and then earning recurring revenue from the paper consumables those machines use. It operates primarily in North America and Europe, giving it a broad geographic footprint for a company of its size. The recurring consumables model creates some customer stickiness, but Ranpak faces real pressure from low gross margins, negative operating income, and competition from cheaper plastic alternatives. The key growth driver is the ongoing shift by large shippers toward sustainable, plastic-free packaging — but if that trend slows or costs stay elevated, the path to consistent profitability becomes harder.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+11.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$4M/ year

Declining (-7% vs prior year)

1.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

14.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 years

$49M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$49M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Ranpak Holdings is growing revenue at 11% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
25.6%
Modest — 25.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-3.8%
Losing money on operations — -3.8%
ROCE
-0.4%
Weak — -0.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+8.1%
Steady sales growth (8.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-0.7%
Burning cash (-0.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.82
Moderate — manageable debt (0.82)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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