Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, plastic consumer packaging company Berry Plastics Group (BERY 1.33%) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Berry Plastics, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Berry Plastics facts

  

Headquarters (founded)

Evansville, Ind. (1967)

Market Cap

$1.3 billion

Industry

Rubber and plastics

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$4.8 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Jonathan Rich

President/COO Randall Becker

Trailing-12-Month Return on Capital

5.5%

Cash/Debt

$87.0 million / $4.5 billion

Competitors

AptarGroup (ATR 2.88%)

Polytainers

Reynolds Food Packaging

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 67% of the 15 members who have rated Berry Plastics believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star BlacknGold, succinctly summed up the bear case for our community:

The recent IPO vaulted Berry Plastics to a market cap of $1.75 billion. While the company raised somewhere around $470 million it has a long way to go before gaining much needed financial flexibility. ... You have to figure there is an enormous amount of competition in the plastic molding/blowing space.

I'll keep an eye on Berry because they do rake in nearly $5 billion in revenue each year. Not much of that goes to net income (a microscopic 0.04% profit margin), but perhaps that just means there is plenty of room for improvement?

A very different company with a much brighter future is Kraton Performance Polymers (KRA) which designs plastic/polymer resins for many high-value applications -- one of which could transform the asphalt industry.

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