Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs Sonoco Products Company (SON)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and Sonoco Products Company are both Packaging & Containers companies. Crown Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $5.1B — 2.6× the size. Sonoco Products 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 3.62%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.78% vs −3.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 1.97%). Both pay a dividend; Sonoco Products Company yields more (4.16% vs 1.15%). Across the 22 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 11 and Sonoco Products Company on 11.

Valuation

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 n/m 20.50
P/S 0.96 0.69 0.84
P/B 3.80 1.81 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 12.58 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 11.94 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 1.18 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% (4.47%) 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 7.95% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 20.22% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 2.74% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% (3.08%) 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 5.52% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% (7.41%) 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% (2.08%) 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 1.97% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% 3.62% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% 510.30% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 7.50% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% 37.05% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 1.34 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 1.18 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 2.22 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 4.16% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.43 0.60

Size

Metric CCK SON Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 5.08b 3.71b

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