Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) vs Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW)

Crown Holdings, Inc. and Smurfit Westrock PLC are both Packaging & Containers companies. Smurfit Westrock PLC is the larger, with a market value of $23.3B against $13.2B — 1.8× the size. Crown Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.9× against 49.6×. Crown Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.4% against 1.11%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.78% vs 1.50%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 2.87%). Both pay a dividend; Smurfit Westrock PLC yields more (4.03% vs 1.15%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 15 and Smurfit Westrock PLC on 8.

Valuation

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
P/E 16.92 49.65 20.50
P/S 0.96 0.75 0.84
P/B 3.80 1.30 1.81
Price to free cash flow 12.50 26.43 13.39
EV/EBITDA 8.71 8.73 9.53
EV/Sales 1.33 1.17 1.39
Earnings yield 5.91% 2.01% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 8.00% 3.78% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 16.80% 17.43% 20.09%
Operating margin 11.95% 4.57% 6.42%
Net margin 5.78% 1.50% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 7.64% 2.82% 4.78%
Return on equity 22.84% 2.59% 2.28%
Return on assets 5.45% 1.04% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 11.84% 2.87% 4.57%

Growth

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.38% 1.11% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 79.72% 62.20% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.65% 7.96% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.97% (5.84%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.69 0.78 0.79
Current ratio 1.14 1.48 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 3.02 2.59

Dividend

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.15% 4.03% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.20 2.02 0.60

Size

Metric CCK SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 13.17b 23.27b 3.71b

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