Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and Packaging Corporation of America are both Packaging & Containers companies. Packaging Corporation of America is the larger, with a market value of $22.2B against $13.2B — 1.7× the size. Crown Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.9× against 30.4×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against 12.0%. Packaging Corporation of America has the higher net margin (7.37% vs 5.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 11.8%). Both pay a dividend; Packaging Corporation of America yields more (2.22% vs 1.15%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 15 and Packaging Corporation of America on 8.

Valuation

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 30.43 20.50
P/S 0.96 2.25 0.84
P/B 3.80 4.75 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 29.74 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 14.26 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 2.64 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% 3.29% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 3.36% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 20.53% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 11.16% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% 7.37% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 0.00% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% 0.00% 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% 0.00% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 0.00% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% 11.98% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% (3.92%) 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 6.19% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% 10.95% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 0.85 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 2.94 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 1.91 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 2.22% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.68 0.60

Size

Metric CCK PKG Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 22.17b 3.71b

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