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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Ardagh Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARD) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
