AptarGroup (ATR) Competitors

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus price target of $190.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Crown has a consensus price target of $105.46, indicating a potential upside of 23.22%. Given Crown's higher probable 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Is ATR or CCK more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Crown's net margin of 0.83%. Crown's return on equity of 24.57% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%
Crown	0.83%	24.57%	4.87%

Which has more risk & volatility, 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 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ATR or CCK?

In the previous week, Crown had 18 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Crown and 6 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Crown's score of 0.61 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AptarGroup pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or CCK?

Crown received 279 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 326 57.39%	Underperform Votes 242 42.61%
Crown	Outperform Votes 605 64.09%	Underperform Votes 339 35.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ATR or CCK?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ATR or CCK?

Crown has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. AptarGroup 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
AptarGroup	$3.49B	2.98	$284.49M	$4.98	31.34
Crown	$12.01B	0.85	$450M	$0.81	105.66

Summary

Crown beats AptarGroup on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.