Crown (CCK) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or CCK?

Crown received 274 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 57.35% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 324 57.35%	Underperform Votes 241 42.65%
Crown	Outperform Votes 598 64.16%	Underperform Votes 334 35.84%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$3.57B	2.95	$284.49M	$4.98	31.76
Crown	$11.76B	0.85	$450M	$0.81	102.53

Do analysts recommend ATR or CCK?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus price target of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.28%. Crown has a consensus price target of $106.62, indicating a potential upside of 28.37%. Given Crown's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crown is more favorable than AptarGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

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%

Does the media prefer ATR or CCK?

In the previous week, Crown had 12 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crown and 1 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Crown's score of 1.25 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crown	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATR or CCK a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Summary

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