O-I Glass (OI) Competitors

O-I Glass (NYSE:OI) and Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OI or SLGN?

97.2% of O-I Glass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Silgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of O-I Glass shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Silgan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, OI or SLGN?

O-I Glass has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silgan has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OI or SLGN?

Silgan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than O-I Glass. O-I Glass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silgan, 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
O-I Glass	$6.53B	0.26	-$106M	-$0.71	-15.22
Silgan	$5.85B	0.89	$276.40M	$2.58	19.01

Is OI or SLGN a better dividend stock?

O-I Glass pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. O-I Glass pays out -28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silgan pays out 31.0% 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. Silgan has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. O-I Glass is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OI or SLGN more profitable?

Silgan has a net margin of 4.72% compared to O-I Glass' net margin of -1.62%. Silgan's return on equity of 19.70% beat O-I Glass' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
O-I Glass	-1.62%	8.27%	1.38%
Silgan	4.72%	19.70%	4.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OI or SLGN?

O-I Glass received 103 more outperform votes than Silgan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave O-I Glass an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
O-I Glass	Outperform Votes 462 59.08%	Underperform Votes 320 40.92%
Silgan	Outperform Votes 359 52.87%	Underperform Votes 320 47.13%

Does the media prefer OI or SLGN?

In the previous week, Silgan had 7 more articles in the media than O-I Glass. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Silgan and 8 mentions for O-I Glass. Silgan's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat O-I Glass' score of 0.93 indicating that Silgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
O-I Glass	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Silgan	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate OI or SLGN?

O-I Glass presently has a consensus target price of $15.38, suggesting a potential upside of 42.30%. Silgan has a consensus target price of $64.22, suggesting a potential upside of 30.94%. Given O-I Glass' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe O-I Glass is more favorable than Silgan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
O-I Glass	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Silgan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Summary

Silgan beats O-I Glass on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.