Crown (CCK) Competitors

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATR or CCK?

Crown received 279 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 333 57.81%	Underperform Votes 243 42.19%
Crown	Outperform Votes 612 64.08%	Underperform Votes 343 35.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ATR or CCK?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATR or CCK more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	10.45%	15.56%	8.50%
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup currently has a consensus price target of $178.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Crown has a consensus price target of $110.45, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Crown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media refer more to ATR or CCK?

In the previous week, Crown had 9 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Crown and 25 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Crown's score of 1.14 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown	21 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATR or CCK a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AptarGroup pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 22.4% 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 and Crown has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. AptarGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ATR or CCK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AptarGroup	$3.55B	2.94	$374.54M	$5.48	28.92
Crown	$11.90B	0.97	$424M	$4.65	21.30

Summary

AptarGroup and Crown tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.