Crown (CCK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CCK or ATR?

Crown presently has a consensus target price of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.95%. AptarGroup has a consensus target price of $181.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.08%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AptarGroup 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
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CCK or ATR?

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
Crown	$11.80B	0.84	$424M	$3.56	23.83
AptarGroup	$3.58B	2.65	$374.54M	$5.54	26.00

Does the media prefer CCK or ATR?

In the previous week, Crown had 3 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Crown and 18 mentions for AptarGroup. Crown's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat AptarGroup's score of 1.10 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AptarGroup	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCK or ATR a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Crown pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 32.5% 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. AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. AptarGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CCK or ATR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCK or ATR?

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

Is CCK or ATR 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
Crown	3.59%	25.12%	5.23%
AptarGroup	10.45%	15.56%	8.50%

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

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

Summary

Crown and AptarGroup tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.