BERY vs. ATR, PLUG, AA, VMI, ADT, GPK, RBC, CR, SEE, and MIDD
Should you be buying Berry Global Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry Global Group include AptarGroup (ATR), Plug Power (PLUG), Alcoa (AA), Valmont Industries (VMI), ADT (ADT), Graphic Packaging (GPK), RBC Bearings (RBC), Crane (CR), Sealed Air (SEE), and Middleby (MIDD). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Berry Global Group vs.
Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Berry Global Group had 1 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Berry Global Group and 4 mentions for AptarGroup. Berry Global Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.42 indicating that Berry Global Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Berry Global Group received 204 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.
Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Berry Global Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Berry Global Group pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 42.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
94.0% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of AptarGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Berry Global Group's net margin of 5.37%. Berry Global Group's return on equity of 30.05% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.
Berry Global Group presently has a consensus price target of $71.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $122.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.98%. Given Berry Global Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Berry Global Group is more favorable than AptarGroup.
Summary
Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BERY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Berry Global Group Competitors List
