Silgan (SLGN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATR or SLGN?

Silgan received 27 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote while only 52.39% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 324 57.35%	Underperform Votes 241 42.65%
Silgan	Outperform Votes 351 52.39%	Underperform Votes 319 47.61%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ATR or SLGN?

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.

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
Silgan	$5.78B	0.96	$325.96M	$2.76	18.91

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

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Silgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Silgan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATR or SLGN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%
Silgan	5.11%	18.76%	4.76%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATR or SLGN?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silgan has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ATR or SLGN?

In the previous week, Silgan had 7 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Silgan and 1 mentions for AptarGroup. AptarGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Silgan's score of 1.16 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
Silgan	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ATR or SLGN?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus price target of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.28%. Silgan has a consensus price target of $58.14, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Silgan.

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
Silgan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is ATR or SLGN a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.80 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 1.5%. AptarGroup pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silgan pays out 27.5% 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. AptarGroup has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Silgan has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Silgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

AptarGroup beats Silgan on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.