SLGN vs. CCK, ATR, BERY, GEF, OI, MYE, BALL, HUBB, TS, and TRMB
Should you be buying Silgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silgan include Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Ball (BALL), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), and Trimble (TRMB). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Silgan vs. Its Competitors
Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
70.3% of Silgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Silgan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Silgan has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Crown's net margin of 4.62%. Crown's return on equity of 26.98% beat Silgan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crown had 25 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Crown and 3 mentions for Silgan. Silgan's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Crown's score of 0.84 indicating that Silgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Silgan pays out 29.7% 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. Silgan has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Crown has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Silgan has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Silgan presently has a consensus price target of $63.11, suggesting a potential upside of 11.24%. Crown has a consensus price target of $111.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Silgan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Silgan is more favorable than Crown.
Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Silgan. Silgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crown beats Silgan on 12 of the 20 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:SLGN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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