Myers Industries (MYE) Competitors

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

Is ATR or MYE a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Myers Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. AptarGroup pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Myers Industries pays out 128.6% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ATR or MYE?

AptarGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Myers Industries. Myers Industries 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	3.14	$284.49M	$4.98	33.86
Myers Industries	$823.48M	0.53	$48.87M	$0.42	27.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or MYE?

AptarGroup received 93 more outperform votes than Myers Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.23% of users gave Myers Industries 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%
Myers Industries	Outperform Votes 231 59.23%	Underperform Votes 159 40.77%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATR or MYE?

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Myers Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Myers Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or MYE?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Myers Industries has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATR or MYE more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Myers Industries' net margin of 1.88%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 14.92% beat Myers Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%
Myers Industries	1.88%	14.75%	5.09%

Do analysts rate ATR or MYE?

AptarGroup currently has a consensus price target of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Myers Industries has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.03%. Given Myers Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Myers Industries 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
Myers Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ATR or MYE?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 13 more articles in the media than Myers Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AptarGroup and 1 mentions for Myers Industries. Myers Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat AptarGroup's score of 1.19 indicating that Myers Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Myers Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

AptarGroup beats Myers Industries on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.