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Ranpak Holdings Corp

PACKNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustryPaper and Plastic Packaging Products and Materials

Beta (adjusted)2.40

Intrinsic Value $6.65median of 2 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $4.07Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly undervaluedIntrinsic value is 63% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (+63%)

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Market Cap $349M

Enterprise Value $706.9M

Shares Outstanding 85.6M diluted

Next Earnings Date29 Oct 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Ranpak Holdings Corp. is a leading pure-play provider of environmentally sustainable, paper-based protective packaging solutions. The company is uniquely positioned to benefit from structural tailwinds, including the global shift from plastic to paper packaging driven by consumer preference and tightening environmental regulations (such as the EU Packaging Regulations). While near-term profitability has been pressured by paper input inflation and elevated interest expenses, Ranpak's high-growth Automation segment (which grew 34% in 2025 and doubled year-over-year in Q1 2026) and its strategic partnership with Amazon represent powerful catalysts for long-term margin expansion and market share gains.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets3 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$6.00

Mean target$7.08

High · most bullish analyst$8.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 19 Jun 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

In the bear case, persistent paper and production cost inflation continues to compress gross margins. Industrial demand remains weak, dragging down cushioning volumes. Integration delays in the Automation segment or slower-than-expected adoption of automated systems by large enterprise customers limit revenue growth to the low single digits, while elevated interest expenses continue to widen GAAP net losses.

Base CaseCentral scenario

Under the base case, Ranpak successfully executes its 2026 guidance, delivering constant-currency revenue growth of 5.0% to 12.7% (implying $415M to $445M) and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 5.4% to 19.9% ($83.5M to $95M). The Automation segment scales to approximately $60M in 2026, turning positive on an Adjusted EBITDA basis. Paper input costs stabilize, allowing gross margins to recover toward historical averages.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

Ranpak operates a highly resilient razor/razor-blade business model, placing proprietary paper-converting machines at customer sites and generating high-margin, recurring revenue from exclusive paper consumables. The company is a prime beneficiary of long-term secular tailwinds in e-commerce growth and the global regulatory and consumer shift from plastic packaging to sustainable, biodegradable paper alternatives. Furthermore, Ranpak's high-growth Automation segment (such as the AutoFill system) is scaling rapidly at a commercial inflection point, driving deeper strategic partnerships with major enterprise accounts like Walmart and Amazon while expanding its high-margin consumable pull-through.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Pure-play sustainability leader benefiting from secular shifts from plastic to paper packaging.
High-growth Automation segment (doubled YoY in Q1 2026) expanding the addressable market and driving margin expansion.
Strong recurring revenue model driven by a large and growing installed base of over 145,000 systems.
Strategic partnership and warrant transaction with Amazon driving North American e-commerce growth.

Key Investment Risks

Sensitivity to paper pulp and production cost inflation compressing gross margins.
High leverage with elevated interest expenses impacting GAAP net income.
Cyclical exposure to industrial demand affecting cushioning volumes.
Execution and integration risks associated with scaling advanced automation and robotics technologies.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Gross margin compression below 30% due to unmitigated paper input inflation.
A significant slowdown in Automation segment growth below 20% annually.
Failure to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA in the Automation segment by the end of 2026.
Deleveraging progress stalling with net debt to Adjusted EBITDA remaining above 4.5x.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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