Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK
$106.05 -0.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $11.53B
Strong growthInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 19, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +9.4%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.95, up 46.0% year over year.
- The shares trade at 15.3× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 14%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginBottom 15%
- Operating marginTop 22%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
- Interest coverTop 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 50%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 30%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 3%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.0% | 10.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 35.1% | 46.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 17.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 13.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 8.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.3% | 7.0% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 46.0% | 35.1% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 22.3% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 12.9% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 4.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.9% | 8.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.5% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.18×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.67×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.19%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.05%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.24%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $125.50
- Target vs current price
- +18.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 76%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | +15.3% | -2.2% | +0.6% | +1.5% | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +6.3% | +0.5% | -1.0% | -4.4% | +15.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +3.0% | +3.3% | +0.0% | -0.2% | -11.9% |
| Oct 20, 2025 | +13.1% | +0.6% | +5.3% | +3.5% | +11.0% |
| Jul 21, 2025 | +14.4% | -1.4% | -3.1% | -5.3% | -15.1% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | +34.7% | +0.5% | +8.5% | +8.7% | +17.9% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +5.3% | -0.4% | +4.9% | +3.4% | +12.5% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | +9.9% | -0.2% | +2.0% | -1.9% | -10.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | $2.49 | $2.16 | +15.3% | $3.67B |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.75 | +6.3% | $3.26B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.74 | $1.69 | +3.0% | $3.13B |
| Oct 20, 2025 | $2.24 | $1.98 | +13.1% | $3.20B |
| Jul 21, 2025 | $2.15 | $1.88 | +14.4% | $3.15B |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $1.67 | $1.24 | +34.7% | $2.89B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.59 | $1.51 | +5.3% | $2.90B |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $1.99 | $1.81 | +9.9% | $3.07B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.3× | 20.9× | 12th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 1.29× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.23% | — | — | Top 25% |
| Earnings yield | 6.55% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.9× – 115.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +9.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +46.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -19.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.3%
- RSI (14)
- 33.2
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 | -48.5% | 153 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.7% | 13 days | 16 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
| May 7, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 | -14.3% | 53 days | 124 days (Jan 19, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $11.53B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.95
- Revenue (TTM)
- $13.26B
- Dividend yield
- 1.24%
- 52-week range
- $89.21 – $122.91
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.39B | $12.94B | $12.01B | $11.80B | $12.37B |
| Gross profit | $2.37B | $2.30B | $2.46B | $2.54B | $2.27B |
| Operating income | $1.36B | $1.34B | $1.27B | $1.42B | $1.64B |
| Net income | -$560.0M | $727.0M | $450.0M | $424.0M | $734.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.52 | $5.99 | $3.76 | $3.55 | $6.38 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.07B | $2.90B | $2.89B | $3.15B | $3.20B | $3.13B | $3.26B | $3.67B |
| Net income | -$175.0M | $358.0M | $193.0M | $181.0M | $214.0M | $149.0M | $175.0M | $245.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.47 | $3.02 | $1.65 | $1.56 | $1.85 | $1.31 | $1.56 | $2.23 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $905.0M | $803.0M | $1.45B | $1.19B | $1.51B |
| Capital expenditure | -$816.0M | -$839.0M | -$793.0M | -$403.0M | -$413.0M |
| Free cash flow | $89.0M | -$36.0M | $660.0M | $789.0M | $1.10B |
| Dividends paid | -$105.0M | -$106.0M | -$115.0M | -$119.0M | -$120.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$948.0M | -$722.0M | -$12.0M | -$217.0M | -$505.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $656.0M
- Total assets
- $14.56B
- Total liabilities
- $11.19B
- Total debt
- $6.27B
- Net debt
- $5.62B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.87B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.35 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.35 | May 28, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.35 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.26 | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.26 | Aug 21, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.26 | May 29, 2025 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | $0.26 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.25 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,576,544
- Days to cover
- 3.45
- Change vs previous report
- -4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 1, 1992
- 3-for-1
- Oct 3, 1988
- 3-for-1