SLGN vs. ATR, CCK, BERY, GEF, OI, MYE, BALL, AMBP, PKG, and ZBRA
Should you be buying Silgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silgan include AptarGroup (ATR), Crown (CCK), Berry Global Group (BERY), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Ball (BALL), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Zebra Technologies (ZBRA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Silgan vs.
Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) and AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Silgan pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AptarGroup pays out 36.1% 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 21 consecutive years and AptarGroup has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Silgan currently has a consensus price target of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.55%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $190.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.12%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Silgan.
Silgan has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Silgan's net margin of 5.11%. Silgan's return on equity of 18.76% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.
In the previous week, AptarGroup had 1 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AptarGroup and 5 mentions for Silgan. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Silgan's score of 0.78 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silgan has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Silgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AptarGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.3% of Silgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Silgan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silgan received 27 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.39% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote while only 52.53% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.
Summary
AptarGroup beats Silgan on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLGN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
