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Ardagh Group (ARD) Competitors

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ARD vs. HI, LZ, OI, HTZ, CECO, AIN, HLIO, KMT, CDRE, and NSSC

Should you be buying Ardagh Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardagh Group include Hillenbrand (HI), LegalZoom.com (LZ), O-I Glass (OI), Hertz Global (HTZ), CECO Environmental (CECO), Albany International (AIN), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Kennametal (KMT), Cadre (CDRE), and NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Ardagh Group vs. Its Competitors

Ardagh Group (NYSE:ARD) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

82.6% of Ardagh Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ardagh Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ardagh Group pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -360.0% 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. Hillenbrand has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ardagh Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardagh Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ardagh Group$6.73B0.07$35M$1.4417.19
Hillenbrand$2.86B0.78-$211M-$0.25-126.10

Ardagh Group has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ardagh Group has a net margin of -0.08% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -0.63%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 13.53% beat Ardagh Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ardagh Group-0.08% -120.19% 3.42%
Hillenbrand -0.63%13.53%3.82%

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 27 more articles in the media than Ardagh Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hillenbrand and 1 mentions for Ardagh Group. Ardagh Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.20 indicating that Ardagh Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ardagh Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hillenbrand
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Ardagh Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ardagh Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Hillenbrand beats Ardagh Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARD vs. The Competition

MetricArdagh GroupGlass Containers IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$461.84M$2.10B$7.89B$22.00B
Dividend Yield2.42%N/A4.59%3.61%
P/E Ratio-1,237.50N/A24.7832.73
Price / Sales0.070.321,196.3991.60
Price / Cash0.442.9227.8724.48
Price / Book-1.281.744.934.67
Net Income$35M-$106M$790.14M$1.02B

Ardagh Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARD
Ardagh Group
0.6791 of 5 stars
$24.75
flat
N/AN/A$461.84M$6.73B-1,237.5016,400News Coverage
HI
Hillenbrand
3.9004 of 5 stars
$26.47
+1.0%
$32.00
+20.9%
+12.7%$1.85B$3.18B-105.8910,450
LZ
LegalZoom.com
1.7352 of 5 stars
$10.13
+1.0%
$10.83
+6.9%
+51.2%$1.81B$705.92M63.321,220News Coverage
OI
O-I Glass
4.3994 of 5 stars
$11.62
+1.6%
$16.56
+42.5%
-2.9%$1.76B$6.53B-7.0421,000
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.52
+0.5%
N/A+72.1%$1.72B$8.61B-0.6725,000
CECO
CECO Environmental
3.0898 of 5 stars
$47.86
-1.4%
$50.80
+6.1%
+87.8%$1.71B$557.93M33.471,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AIN
Albany International
4.2182 of 5 stars
$55.92
+0.1%
$69.00
+23.4%
-21.1%$1.65B$1.19B27.965,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
HLIO
Helios Technologies
1.1213 of 5 stars
$49.68
+2.2%
$51.00
+2.7%
+15.3%$1.65B$782M43.962,350
KMT
Kennametal
3.5355 of 5 stars
$22.03
+3.5%
$24.29
+10.3%
-9.5%$1.62B$1.97B18.358,124
CDRE
Cadre
2.725 of 5 stars
$41.13
+5.5%
$37.50
-8.8%
+8.2%$1.58B$567.56M43.762,284Dividend Announcement
NSSC
NAPCO Security Technologies
2.7615 of 5 stars
$42.98
+0.9%
$40.33
-6.2%
+6.0%$1.52B$181.62M36.121,061Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ARD) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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