Silgan (SLGN) Competitors

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

Is SLGN or ATR a better dividend stock?

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 1.1%. 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.

Is SLGN or ATR 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
Silgan	5.11%	18.76%	4.76%
AptarGroup	9.40%	14.92%	8.01%

Do analysts rate SLGN or ATR?

Silgan presently has a consensus price target of $57.43, indicating a potential upside of 4.95%. AptarGroup has a consensus price target of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Given AptarGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AptarGroup is more favorable than Silgan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silgan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SLGN or ATR?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SLGN or ATR?

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
Silgan	$5.99B	0.98	$325.96M	$2.76	19.83
AptarGroup	$3.57B	3.14	$284.49M	$4.98	33.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLGN or ATR?

Silgan received 26 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote while only 52.32% of users gave Silgan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Silgan	Outperform Votes 350 52.32%	Underperform Votes 319 47.68%
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 324 57.35%	Underperform Votes 241 42.65%

Which has more volatility & risk, SLGN or ATR?

Silgan has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SLGN or ATR?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 10 more articles in the media than Silgan. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AptarGroup and 4 mentions for Silgan. Silgan's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat AptarGroup's score of 1.19 indicating that Silgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silgan	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AptarGroup	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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