Greif (GEF) Competitors

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

Is ATR or GEF a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. AptarGroup pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif pays out 61.7% 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 and Greif has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greif. Greif 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	2.90	$374.54M	$5.48	28.46
Greif	$5.51B	0.48	$268.80M	$3.50	15.86

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup currently has a consensus price target of $178.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.52%. Greif has a consensus price target of $75.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.05%. Given Greif's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greif is more favorable than AptarGroup.

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
Greif	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media prefer ATR or GEF?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 17 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for AptarGroup and 6 mentions for Greif. Greif's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat AptarGroup's score of 1.27 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greif	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATR or GEF more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Greif's net margin of 4.81%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 15.56% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	10.45%	15.56%	8.50%
Greif	4.81%	11.84%	3.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup received 43 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.81% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote while only 55.34% of users gave Greif an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 333 57.81%	Underperform Votes 243 42.19%
Greif	Outperform Votes 290 55.34%	Underperform Votes 234 44.66%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATR or GEF?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Greif shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AptarGroup beats Greif on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.