AptarGroup (ATR) Competitors

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts rate SON or ATR?

Sonoco Products presently has a consensus price target of $57.63, suggesting a potential upside of 26.99%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $174.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Sonoco Products' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sonoco Products is more favorable than AptarGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sonoco Products	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, SON or ATR?

Sonoco Products has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SON or ATR?

AptarGroup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sonoco Products	$5.31B	0.84	$163.95M	$5.58	8.13
AptarGroup	$3.58B	2.57	$374.54M	$5.81	24.01

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SON or ATR?

77.7% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sonoco Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SON or ATR?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 16 more articles in the media than Sonoco Products. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AptarGroup and 3 mentions for Sonoco Products. Sonoco Products' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.48 indicating that Sonoco Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sonoco Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AptarGroup	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SON or ATR more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Sonoco Products' net margin of 8.35%. Sonoco Products' return on equity of 20.46% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonoco Products	8.35%	20.46%	4.64%
AptarGroup	10.84%	15.39%	8.60%

Is SON or ATR a better dividend stock?

Sonoco Products pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sonoco Products pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 31.0% 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. Sonoco Products has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Summary

AptarGroup beats Sonoco Products on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.