ATR vs. CCK, BERY, SLGN, GEF, OI, MYE, ENTG, AZEK, AWI, and NWL
Should you be buying AptarGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AptarGroup include Crown (CCK), Berry Global Group (BERY), Silgan (SLGN), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Entegris (ENTG), AZEK (AZEK), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Newell Brands (NWL).
AptarGroup vs.
Crown (NYSE:CCK) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Crown pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 32.8% 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. Crown has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and AptarGroup has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. AptarGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown 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.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crown had 10 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Crown and 18 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Crown's score of 0.76 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crown has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Crown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crown received 280 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.
Crown currently has a consensus price target of $110.45, indicating a potential upside of 10.56%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $178.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Crown.
Crown has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Crown beats AptarGroup on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATR) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
