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SLGN vs. AIT, DOV, CCK, ATR, GEF, OI, MYE, BALL, ZBRA, and ALLE

Should you be buying Silgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silgan include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Dover (DOV), Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Ball (BALL), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and Allegion (ALLE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Silgan vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Silgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Silgan 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.

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silgan pays out 28.5% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Silgan has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Silgan has a consensus target price of $60.11, suggesting a potential upside of 39.26%. Given Silgan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Silgan is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Silgan
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silgan has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 14 mentions for Silgan. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Silgan's score of 0.30 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Silgan
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Applied Industrial Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silgan. Silgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.05$392.99M$10.1224.50
Silgan$6.16B0.75$276.38M$2.8115.36

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Silgan's net margin of 4.90%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Silgan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
Silgan 4.90%19.98%4.83%

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Silgan 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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SLGN vs. The Competition

MetricSilganCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.62B$9.54B$7.86B$21.77B
Dividend Yield1.86%1.56%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio15.3620.06288.1832.40
Price / Sales0.750.911,248.9758.79
Price / Cash6.948.3427.9124.37
Price / Book2.322.754.784.59
Net Income$276.38M$1.57B$790.12M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.46%2.92%0.17%1.32%
1 Month Performance-0.06%-1.03%1.50%-1.45%
1 Year Performance-17.70%-16.52%26.65%9.57%

Silgan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLGN
Silgan
4.3181 of 5 stars
$43.17
-0.8%
$60.11
+39.3%
-16.5%$4.62B$6.16B15.3612,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7356 of 5 stars
$259.36
+0.4%
$285.00
+9.9%
+5.4%$9.79B$4.56B25.636,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
DOV
Dover
4.9646 of 5 stars
$166.54
0.0%
$212.42
+27.5%
-14.6%$22.84B$7.83B10.0424,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CCK
Crown
4.465 of 5 stars
$94.33
-2.2%
$118.25
+25.4%
+0.2%$10.98B$12.01B19.8223,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ATR
AptarGroup
4.8696 of 5 stars
$132.07
-0.9%
$182.00
+37.8%
-23.0%$8.70B$3.61B22.7313,500
GEF
Greif
4.5612 of 5 stars
$60.55
-0.1%
$75.80
+25.2%
-9.7%$2.88B$5.43B19.2214,000Analyst Forecast
OI
O-I Glass
4.1997 of 5 stars
$12.43
-3.9%
$17.00
+36.8%
-6.8%$1.92B$6.53B-7.5321,000Options Volume
MYE
Myers Industries
3.9595 of 5 stars
$16.86
+0.5%
$21.00
+24.6%
+22.4%$630.73M$836.28M64.852,700
BALL
Ball
4.261 of 5 stars
$49.64
-1.2%
$63.27
+27.5%
-27.6%$13.51B$12.40B25.7216,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
4.8093 of 5 stars
$301.94
-1.0%
$357.44
+18.4%
-21.5%$15.35B$5.19B28.519,900News Coverage
Positive News
ALLE
Allegion
4.6739 of 5 stars
$177.53
+0.1%
$174.25
-1.8%
+16.4%$15.24B$3.77B24.6614,400News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:SLGN) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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