AptarGroup vs Advanced Drainage Systems
ATR and WMS side by side, both in miscellaneous plastics products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ATR and WMS compare
Advanced Drainage Systems is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as AptarGroup ($10.2B against $8.7B).
On earnings, Advanced Drainage Systems is cheaper: it trades at 23.4× trailing earnings, against 33.3× for AptarGroup.
Advanced Drainage Systems grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.4% versus 9.0% for AptarGroup).
Advanced Drainage Systems keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.0% compared with 6.7% at AptarGroup.
Both pay dividends: AptarGroup yields 1.0% and Advanced Drainage Systems 0.56%.
Advanced Drainage Systems scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for AptarGroup), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ATR | WMS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.7B | $10.2B |
| Share price | $137.20 | $135.43 |
| Change, 1 year | 10.4% | −3.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 4.3% | 9.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 1.43 |
| Employees | 14K | 4,950 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.3× | 23.4× (better) |
| P/S | 2.2× (better) | 3.2× |
| P/B | 3.3× (better) | 5.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× (better) | 13.0× |
| P/FCF | 29.6× | 18.6× (better) |
| PEG | 1.86 | – |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 5.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $128.41 | $132.53 |
| Margin of safety | −6.8% | −2.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.0% | 10.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.2% | 9.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −36.3% | 4.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −34.0% | 4.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.9% | 16.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 38.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 20.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 14.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.4% | 17.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 26.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 18.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.53 (better) | 0.90 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.49 (better) | 1.62 |
| Interest coverage | 7.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 2.12 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.10 | 4.34 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% (better) | 0.56% |
| Payout ratio | 46.2% | 12.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.9% | 14.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% (better) | 3.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.1% (better) | 3.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.3% | 92.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.78% | 1.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.8M (better) | −$14.8M |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 4.0% |
Go deeper
- ATR stock overview
- ATR income statement
- ATR valuation and score
- WMS stock overview
- WMS income statement
- WMS valuation and score
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