Greif (GEF) Competitors

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

Is ATR or GEF more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Greif's net margin of 4.81%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 14.92% beat Greif's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%
Greif	4.81%	11.85%	3.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greif has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greif. Greif 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
AptarGroup	$3.57B	2.95	$284.49M	$4.98	31.76
Greif	$5.45B	0.52	$262.10M	$4.52	13.35

Is ATR or GEF a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Greif pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. AptarGroup pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greif pays out 47.8% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup received 36 more outperform votes than Greif when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.35% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote while only 55.60% of users gave Greif an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 324 57.35%	Underperform Votes 241 42.65%
Greif	Outperform Votes 288 55.60%	Underperform Votes 230 44.40%

Do analysts rate ATR or GEF?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus target price of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.28%. Greif has a consensus target price of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.42%. Given Greif's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Greif 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
Greif	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

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

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Greif shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ATR or GEF?

In the previous week, Greif had 3 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Greif and 1 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Greif's score of 0.77 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
Greif	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AptarGroup beats Greif on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.