Berry Global Group (BERY) Competitors

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

Is CCK or BERY more profitable?

Berry Global Group has a net margin of 3.99% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Berry Global Group's return on equity of 28.26% beat Crown's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%
Berry Global Group	3.99%	28.26%	5.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCK or BERY?

Crown received 50 more outperform votes than Berry Global Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.43% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 64.07% of users gave Crown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown	Outperform Votes 608 64.07%	Underperform Votes 341 35.93%
Berry Global Group	Outperform Votes 558 66.43%	Underperform Votes 282 33.57%

Is CCK or BERY a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Berry Global Group pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Crown pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry Global Group pays out 30.9% 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.

Does the media favor CCK or BERY?

In the previous week, Crown had 17 more articles in the media than Berry Global Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Crown and 9 mentions for Berry Global Group. Berry Global Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Crown's score of 1.10 indicating that Berry Global Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry Global Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CCK or BERY?

90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCK or BERY?

Berry Global Group has higher revenue and earnings than Crown. Berry Global Group 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	0.87	$424M	$3.56	24.47
Berry Global Group	$12.31B	0.64	$516M	$4.01	16.95

Which has more risk and volatility, CCK or BERY?

Crown has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CCK or BERY?

Crown presently has a consensus target price of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.70%. Berry Global Group has a consensus target price of $74.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given Crown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Crown is more favorable than Berry Global Group.

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
Berry Global Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Summary

Berry Global Group beats Crown on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.