AptarGroup (ATR) Competitors

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

88.5% of AptarGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Berry Global Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ATR or BERY?

AptarGroup has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ATR or BERY?

AptarGroup presently has a consensus target price of $148.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Berry Global Group has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.21%. Given Berry Global Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Berry Global Group is more favorable than AptarGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AptarGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Berry Global Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is ATR or BERY more profitable?

AptarGroup has a net margin of 8.83% compared to Berry Global Group's net margin of 4.51%. Berry Global Group's return on equity of 26.79% beat AptarGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AptarGroup	8.83%	15.26%	7.83%
Berry Global Group	4.51%	26.79%	5.38%

Does the media refer more to ATR or BERY?

In the previous week, AptarGroup had 15 more articles in the media than Berry Global Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for AptarGroup and 6 mentions for Berry Global Group. Berry Global Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.79 indicating that Berry Global Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AptarGroup	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry Global Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATR or BERY a better dividend stock?

AptarGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Berry Global Group pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. AptarGroup pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry Global Group pays out 23.7% 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. Berry Global Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATR or BERY?

Berry Global Group received 216 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.00% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AptarGroup	Outperform Votes 316 56.73%	Underperform Votes 241 43.27%
Berry Global Group	Outperform Votes 532 67.00%	Underperform Votes 262 33.00%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ATR or BERY?

Berry Global Group has higher revenue and earnings than AptarGroup. Berry Global Group 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	$3.49B	2.72	$284.49M	$4.66	30.76
Berry Global Group	$12.66B	0.52	$609M	$4.65	12.27

Summary

Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.