BERY vs. ATR, ESAB, AA, ATKR, GTLS, FLS, TKR, MLI, AIT, and MSA
Should you be buying Berry Global Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry Global Group include AptarGroup (ATR), ESAB (ESAB), Alcoa (AA), Atkore (ATKR), Chart Industries (GTLS), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), Mueller Industries (MLI), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), and MSA Safety (MSA). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, AptarGroup had 4 more articles in the media than Berry Global Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AptarGroup and 2 mentions for Berry Global Group. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Berry Global Group's score of 0.79 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Berry Global Group's net margin of 4.51%. Berry Global Group's return on equity of 26.79% beat AptarGroup'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 1.2%. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Berry Global Group currently has a consensus target price of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.52%. AptarGroup has a consensus target price of $148.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.89%. Given Berry Global Group's higher possible upside, equities 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.
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, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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