ATR vs. BERY, CCK, GPK, MIDD, RRX, SITE, MSA, ALLE, AIT, and ESAB
Should you be buying AptarGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AptarGroup include Berry Global Group (BERY), Crown (CCK), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Middleby (MIDD), Regal Rexnord (RRX), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), MSA Safety (MSA), Allegion (ALLE), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), and ESAB (ESAB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 8.16% compared to AptarGroup's net margin of 4.51%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 26.79% beat Berry Global Group's return on equity.
Berry Global Group pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Berry Global Group pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 38.6% 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. Berry Global Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Berry Global Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, AptarGroup had 11 more articles in the media than Berry Global Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AptarGroup and 5 mentions for Berry Global Group. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Berry Global Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Berry Global Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Berry Global Group has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Berry Global Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more 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.
95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Berry Global Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Berry Global Group presently has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $148.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. Given AptarGroup's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Berry Global Group is more favorable than AptarGroup.
Berry Global Group received 216 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.00% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.
Summary
Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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