Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs Greif, Inc. (GEF)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and Greif, Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Crown Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $4.0B — 3.3× the size. Greif, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 16.9×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against −7.36%. Greif, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.91% vs 5.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.35% vs 11.8%). Both pay a dividend; Greif, Inc. yields more (3.21% vs 1.15%). Across the 23 metrics below, Greif, Inc. leads on 15 and Crown Holdings, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 16.11 20.50
P/S 0.96 0.77 0.84
P/B 3.80 87.73 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 5.76 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 5.85 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 0.96 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% 6.21% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 17.35% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 22.32% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 9.97% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% 5.91% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 13.43% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% 17.29% 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% 4.53% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 7.35% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% (7.36%) 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% 26.38% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% (0.62%) 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% 124.83% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 0.38 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 1.33 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 1.20 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 3.21% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.53 0.60

Size

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 4.00b 3.71b

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