Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and Silgan Holdings Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Crown Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $4.4B — 3.0× the size. Silgan Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.8× against 16.9×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against 4.48%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.78% vs 3.90%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 5.32%). Both pay a dividend; Silgan Holdings Inc. yields more (1.99% vs 1.15%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 16 and Silgan Holdings Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 16.76 20.50
P/S 0.96 0.66 0.84
P/B 3.80 1.85 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 12.53 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 13.41 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 1.83 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% 5.97% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 7.98% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 17.01% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 8.50% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% 3.90% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 5.23% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% 0.00% 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% 2.77% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 5.32% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% 4.48% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% 4.65% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 5.66% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% (1.35%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 1.84 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 0.52 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 3.54 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 1.99% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.33 0.60

Size

Metric CCK SLGN Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 4.40b 3.71b

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