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 $11.5B against $4.4B — 2.6× the size. Greif, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.6× against 15.5×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.4% against −10.1%. Greif, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.81% vs 5.91%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.77% vs 11.6%). Both pay a dividend; Greif, Inc. yields more (3.32% vs 1.10%). 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 15.48 13.56 15.79
P/S 0.89 0.87 0.88
P/B 3.51 1.26 1.60
Price to free cash flow 9.50 5.65 13.41
EV/EBITDA 8.24 5.42 9.04
EV/Sales 1.30 1.05 1.31
Earnings yield 6.46% 7.37% 5.04%
Free cash flow yield 10.52% 17.69% 6.34%

Profitability

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 17.44% 22.42% 20.03%
Operating margin 12.27% 10.83% 8.36%
Net margin 5.91% 6.81% 4.53%
Free cash flow margin 9.38% 15.46% 5.14%
Return on equity 23.27% 11.28% 11.28%
Return on assets 5.40% 4.78% 4.29%
Return on invested capital 11.59% 7.77% 6.43%

Growth

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.35% (10.05%) 9.10%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% (21.72%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 3.46% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% 17.14% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.80 0.35 0.78
Current ratio 1.05 1.29 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 3.55 2.65

Dividend

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.10% 3.32% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.30 0.28

Size

Metric CCK GEF Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 11.50b 4.35b 3.71b

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