Silgan (SLGN) Competitors

Crown (NYSE:CCK) and Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend CCK or SLGN?

Crown currently has a consensus price target of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.78%. Silgan has a consensus price target of $64.22, suggesting a potential upside of 28.16%. Given Silgan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Silgan 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
Silgan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is CCK or SLGN a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Crown pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silgan pays out 31.0% 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 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.

Does the media refer more to CCK or SLGN?

In the previous week, Crown had 21 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Crown and 5 mentions for Silgan. Silgan's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Crown's score of 1.10 indicating that Silgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Silgan	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCK or SLGN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown	$11.80B	0.88	$424M	$3.56	24.86
Silgan	$5.85B	0.91	$276.40M	$2.58	19.42

Is CCK or SLGN more profitable?

Silgan has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat Silgan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%
Silgan	4.72%	19.70%	4.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCK or SLGN?

Crown has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silgan has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCK or SLGN?

Crown received 249 more outperform votes than Silgan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.07% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown	Outperform Votes 608 64.07%	Underperform Votes 341 35.93%
Silgan	Outperform Votes 359 52.87%	Underperform Votes 320 47.13%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCK or SLGN?

90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Silgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Silgan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crown beats Silgan on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.