SLGN vs. CCK, ATR, BERY, GEF, OI, MYE, BALL, AMBP, HUBB, and TS
Should you be buying Silgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silgan include Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Ball (BALL), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Hubbell (HUBB), and Tenaris (TS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Silgan vs.
Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Silgan has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat Silgan's return on equity.
Silgan currently has a consensus price target of $63.11, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. Crown has a consensus price target of $110.45, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given Silgan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Silgan is more favorable than Crown.
In the previous week, Crown had 14 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Crown and 15 mentions for Silgan. Silgan's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Crown's score of 0.77 indicating that Silgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Silgan pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Silgan has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Crown has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Silgan has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.3% of Silgan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Silgan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Crown received 249 more outperform votes than Silgan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 53.15% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.
Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Silgan. Silgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crown beats Silgan on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLGN) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff