Crown (CCK) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CCK or ATR?

In the previous week, Crown had 6 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Crown and 12 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Crown's score of 1.17 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AptarGroup	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CCK or ATR?

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
Crown	$12.01B	0.90	$450M	$0.81	111.46
AptarGroup	$3.57B	3.14	$284.49M	$4.98	33.86

Is CCK or ATR 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
Crown	0.83%	24.57%	4.87%
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%

Which has more volatility and risk, CCK or ATR?

Crown has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCK or ATR?

Crown currently has a consensus price target of $106.62, suggesting a potential upside of 18.09%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Given Crown's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Crown is more favorable than AptarGroup.

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

Do insiders and institutionals 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCK or ATR a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCK or ATR?

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

Summary

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