ATR vs. AVY, SON, CCK, SLGN, GEF, OI, MYE, PKG, AMCR, and GPK
Should you be buying AptarGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AptarGroup include Avery Dennison (AVY), Sonoco Products (SON), Crown (CCK), Silgan (SLGN), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), Amcor (AMCR), and Graphic Packaging (GPK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
AptarGroup vs. Its Competitors
Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Avery Dennison currently has a consensus target price of $196.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. AptarGroup has a consensus target price of $182.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.10%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Avery Dennison.
Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Avery Dennison pays out 42.2% 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. Avery Dennison has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and AptarGroup has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
94.2% of Avery Dennison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Avery Dennison shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Avery Dennison's net margin of 8.14%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 33.14% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.
In the previous week, Avery Dennison had 1 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avery Dennison and 10 mentions for AptarGroup. Avery Dennison's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.46 indicating that Avery Dennison is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avery Dennison has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Avery Dennison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avery Dennison beats AptarGroup on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATR) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
