ATR vs. CCK, BERY, SLGN, GEF, OI, MYE, PKG, AVY, AMCR, and GPK
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), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), Avery Dennison (AVY), Amcor (AMCR), and Graphic Packaging (GPK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
AptarGroup vs. Its Competitors
Crown (NYSE:CCK) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.
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 1.1%. 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.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.41% compared to Crown's net margin of 4.62%. Crown's return on equity of 26.98% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.
90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Crown presently has a consensus target price of $111.64, indicating a potential upside of 4.38%. AptarGroup has a consensus target price of $178.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Crown.
Crown has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Crown had 20 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Crown and 6 mentions for AptarGroup. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.76 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Crown and AptarGroup tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATR) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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