AptarGroup, Inc vs ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., two Plastics stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ATR and WMS diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ATR reads +5.9% and WMS reads +20.3%; on dividend yield, ATR reads 1.5% and WMS reads 0.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ATR price has a different growth bar priced in than WMS (+5.9% implied for ATR vs +20.3% for WMS); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ATR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What WMS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ATR | WMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $120.52 | $125.91 |
| Market cap | $7.7B | $9.7B |
| Sector | Plastics | Plastics |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.9% | +20.3% |
| P/E | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| P/B | 2.92 | 5.33 |
| P/S | 1.97 | 3.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.1% | +9.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.8% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 25.4% |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.7% | 24.8% |
| Return on assets | 7.1% | 10.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.1% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 5.7% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.89 |
| Current ratio | 1.61 | 2.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 3.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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