SLGN vs. CCK, ATR, BERY, GEF, OI, MYE, BALL, AMBP, TS, and HUBB
Should you be buying Silgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silgan include Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Greif (GEF), O-I Glass (OI), Myers Industries (MYE), Ball (BALL), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Tenaris (TS), and Hubbell (HUBB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Silgan vs.
Crown (NYSE:CCK) and Silgan (NYSE:SLGN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Crown received 249 more outperform votes than Silgan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.07% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.
Silgan has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Crown's net margin of 3.59%. Crown's return on equity of 25.12% beat Silgan's return on equity.
Crown currently has a consensus target price of $105.69, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Silgan has a consensus target price of $64.22, suggesting a potential upside of 17.35%. Given Crown's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crown is more favorable than Silgan.
In the previous week, Crown had 9 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Crown and 5 mentions for Silgan. Crown's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Silgan's score of 0.48 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Silgan pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crown pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silgan pays out 29.5% 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. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Silgan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Silgan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crown has higher revenue and earnings than Silgan. Silgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crown has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silgan has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Crown beats Silgan on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLGN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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