BERY vs. ATR, SITE, AIT, RBC, AA, GTLS, MSA, MLI, ESAB, and MIDD
Should you be buying Berry Global Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry Global Group include AptarGroup (ATR), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), RBC Bearings (RBC), Alcoa (AA), Chart Industries (GTLS), MSA Safety (MSA), Mueller Industries (MLI), ESAB (ESAB), and Middleby (MIDD). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) and Berry Global Group (NYSE:BERY) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
AptarGroup has a net margin of 8.83% compared to AptarGroup's net margin of 4.12%. AptarGroup's return on equity of 26.55% beat Berry Global Group's return on equity.
AptarGroup has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry Global Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.8%. AptarGroup pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry Global Group pays out 26.1% 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. AptarGroup has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Berry Global Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Berry Global Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
88.5% of AptarGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Berry Global Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of AptarGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Berry Global Group 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.
In the previous week, Berry Global Group had 3 more articles in the media than AptarGroup. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Berry Global Group and 10 mentions for AptarGroup. Berry Global Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat AptarGroup's score of 0.26 indicating that AptarGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
AptarGroup presently has a consensus target price of $160.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.80%. Berry Global Group has a consensus target price of $72.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.64%. Given AptarGroup's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Berry Global Group is more favorable than AptarGroup.
Berry Global Group received 214 more outperform votes than AptarGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave Berry Global Group an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave AptarGroup an outperform vote.
Summary
Berry Global Group beats AptarGroup on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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