Berry Global Group (BERY) Competitors

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ATR or BERY?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ATR or BERY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AptarGroup	$3.49B	2.78	$284.49M	$4.66	31.45
Berry Global Group	$12.66B	0.59	$609M	$4.21	15.46

Is ATR or BERY a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Berry Global Group pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. AptarGroup pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry Global Group pays out 26.1% 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. AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Berry Global Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend ATR or BERY?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus target price of $169.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.62%. Berry Global Group has a consensus target price of $71.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Berry Global Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Berry Global Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Berry Global Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or BERY?

Berry Global Group received 216 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 320 57.04%	Underperform Votes 241 42.96%
Berry Global Group	Outperform Votes 536 66.92%	Underperform Votes 265 33.08%

Is ATR or BERY more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 8.83% compared to AptarGroup's net margin of 4.12%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 26.55% beat Berry Global Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	8.83%	15.06%	7.80%
Berry Global Group	4.12%	26.55%	5.38%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or BERY?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ATR or BERY?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 9 more articles in the media than Berry Global Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AptarGroup and 7 mentions for Berry Global Group. Berry Global Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.78 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry Global Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.