Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs International Paper Company (IP)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and International Paper Company are both Packaging & Containers companies. International Paper Company is the larger, with a market value of $18.1B against $13.2B — 1.4× the size. International Paper Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Crown Holdings, Inc. trades at 16.9×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against 12.2%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.78% vs −14.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 2.15%). Both pay a dividend; International Paper Company yields more (5.39% vs 1.15%). Across the 22 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 13 and International Paper Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 n/m 20.50
P/S 0.96 0.75 0.84
P/B 3.80 1.38 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 63.00 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 8.28 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 1.04 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% (19.11%) 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 1.59% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 29.80% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 2.85% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% (14.32%) 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 1.19% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% (22.73%) 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% (9.09%) 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 2.15% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% 12.19% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% (542.68%) 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 6.12% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 0.59 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 1.01 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 2.50 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 5.39% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 — 0.60

Size

Metric CCK IP Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 18.13b 3.71b

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