Crown (CCK) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CCK or ATR?

Crown has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. AptarGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown, 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
Crown	$11.80B	0.95	$424M	$3.56	27.01
AptarGroup	$3.58B	2.75	$374.54M	$5.54	27.01

Which has more risk & volatility, CCK or ATR?

Crown has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCK or ATR a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Crown pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 32.5% 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. AptarGroup has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. AptarGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor CCK or ATR?

In the previous week, Crown had 34 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Crown and 20 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Crown's score of 1.03 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	27 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AptarGroup	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CCK or ATR?

Crown currently has a consensus target price of $108.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. AptarGroup has a consensus target price of $178.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.37%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Crown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CCK or ATR 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
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%
AptarGroup	10.45%	15.56%	8.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCK or ATR?

Crown received 281 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.05% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown	Outperform Votes 611 64.05%	Underperform Votes 343 35.95%
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 330 57.59%	Underperform Votes 243 42.41%

Summary

Crown beats AptarGroup on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.