AptarGroup (ATR) Competitors

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ATR or CCK?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus price target of $181.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Crown has a consensus price target of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.71%. Given Crown's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crown 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is ATR or CCK more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	10.45%	15.56%	8.50%
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATR or CCK a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AptarGroup pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 29.2% 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. AptarGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATR or CCK?

Crown received 279 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.07% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 329 57.52%	Underperform Votes 243 42.48%
Crown	Outperform Votes 608 64.07%	Underperform Votes 341 35.93%

Does the media prefer ATR or CCK?

In the previous week, Crown had 7 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Crown and 18 mentions for AptarGroup. Crown's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.86 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ATR or CCK?

Crown has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Crown 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	$3.58B	2.68	$374.54M	$5.54	26.25
Crown	$11.80B	0.84	$424M	$3.56	23.69

Summary

Crown beats AptarGroup on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.