Amcor PLC (AMCR) vs Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK)

Amcor PLC and Crown Holdings, Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Amcor PLC is the larger, with a market value of $19.4B against $11.5B — 1.7× the size. Crown Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.5× against 17.9×. Amcor PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 56.6% against 10.4%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.91% vs 4.71%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.6% vs 17.9%). Both pay a dividend; Amcor PLC yields more (5.45% vs 1.10%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Amcor PLC on 11.

Valuation

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
P/E 17.94 15.48 15.79
P/S 0.84 0.89 0.88
P/B 1.67 3.51 1.60
Price to free cash flow 15.77 9.50 13.41
EV/EBITDA 3.63 8.24 9.04
EV/Sales 1.38 1.30 1.31
Earnings yield 5.58% 6.46% 5.04%
Free cash flow yield 6.34% 10.52% 6.34%

Profitability

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 19.95% 17.44% 20.03%
Operating margin 8.08% 12.27% 8.36%
Net margin 4.71% 5.91% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 5.31% 9.38% 5.14%
Return on equity 9.40% 23.27% 11.28%
Return on assets 5.97% 5.40% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 17.85% 11.59% 6.43%

Growth

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 56.61% 10.35% 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 46.66% 79.72% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.82% 5.65% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.33% 4.97% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.18 1.80 0.78
Current ratio 1.25 1.05 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 3.73 2.59 2.65

Dividend

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 5.45% 1.10% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.69 0.23 0.28

Size

Metric AMCR CCK Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 19.40b 11.50b 3.71b

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