MYE vs. CCK, ATR, SLGN, GEF, OI, PRLB, WFF, AIN, EPAC, and PLUG
Should you be buying Myers Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Myers Industries include Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Silgan (SLGN), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Proto Labs (PRLB), WF (WFF), Albany International (AIN), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Myers Industries vs. Its Competitors
Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Crown has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Myers Industries' net margin of 1.26%. Crown's return on equity of 27.15% beat Myers Industries' return on equity.
Myers Industries presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.28%. Crown has a consensus price target of $120.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.82%. Given Myers Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Myers Industries is more favorable than Crown.
In the previous week, Crown had 52 more articles in the media than Myers Industries. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Crown and 3 mentions for Myers Industries. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Myers Industries' score of 0.25 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.8% of Myers Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Myers Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Myers Industries has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Myers Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Myers Industries pays out 192.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Myers Industries. Crown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Myers Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crown beats Myers Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MYE) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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