Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN
$34.87 +0.29% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.69B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 5.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +2.8%).
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.
Growth61Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 29%
Quality29Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 45%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginTop 36%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 34%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
Value83Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 29%
Momentum33Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 48%
- 6-month returnBottom 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 37%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions82Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 24%
Stability62Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.6% | 8.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -1.5% | -9.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 17.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 9.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.9% | 5.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.4% | 9.6% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.6% | -1.5% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 17.9% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 9.9% | ↓ | Top 36% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 4.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.1% | 0.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | — | Bottom 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.4% | — | Bottom 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.37%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $54.83
- Target vs current price
- +57.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +1.9% | -11.2% | -11.9% | -11.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +5.4% | +2.0% | +1.7% | -2.0% | +19.7% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +3.1% | +9.6% | +11.5% | +6.9% | -7.3% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +0.8% | -13.6% | -13.7% | -11.7% | -3.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -1.9% | -15.2% | -16.8% | -17.1% | -20.1% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +4.3% | -1.5% | +3.2% | +4.5% | +6.2% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +3.7% | +5.2% | +3.3% | +3.2% | -2.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -2.4% | +3.2% | +4.5% | +12.6% | +4.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.98 | $0.96 | +1.9% | $1.64B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.78 | $0.74 | +5.4% | $1.56B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.67 | $0.65 | +3.1% | $1.47B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.21 | +0.8% | $2.01B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.01 | $1.03 | -1.9% | $1.54B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.79 | +4.3% | $1.47B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.85 | $0.82 | +3.7% | $1.41B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.21 | $1.24 | -2.4% | $1.75B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.7× | 16.0× | 19th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.7× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.22× | — | — | Top 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.30% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | 7.28% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.8× – 20.8× 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
- -19.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -9.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -1.4%
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)
- -7.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.4%
- RSI (14)
- 25.8
- Relative volume
- 0.64×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -28.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -39.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2024 | Sep 30, 2026 | -39.6% | 458 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -29.6% | 183 days | 271 days (Nov 21, 2024) |
| May 5, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | -16.6% | 43 days | 26 days (Aug 15, 2022) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | -14.8% | 30 days | 65 days (Mar 5, 2021) |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | -14.8% | 114 days | 81 days (Jan 27, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.69B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.68B
- Dividend yield
- 2.38%
- 52-week range
- $33.92 – $49.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.68B | $6.41B | $5.99B | $5.85B | $6.48B |
| Gross profit | $918.4M | $1.05B | $992.6M | $1.01B | $1.15B |
| Operating income | $576.1M | $602.0M | $603.8M | $574.6M | $658.4M |
| Net income | $359.1M | $340.8M | $326.0M | $276.4M | $288.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.23 | $3.07 | $2.98 | $2.58 | $2.70 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.75B | $1.41B | $1.47B | $1.54B | $2.01B | $1.47B | $1.56B | $1.64B |
| Net income | $100.1M | $45.1M | $68.0M | $88.9M | $113.3M | $18.2M | $63.0M | $75.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.93 | $0.42 | $0.63 | $0.83 | $1.06 | $0.17 | $0.59 | $0.72 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $556.8M | $748.4M | $482.6M | $721.9M | $729.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$232.3M | -$215.8M | -$226.8M | -$262.8M | -$307.1M |
| Free cash flow | $324.5M | $532.7M | $255.8M | $459.1M | $422.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$62.5M | -$71.9M | -$78.9M | -$82.1M | -$85.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$8.6M | -$45.1M | -$184.0M | -$9.3M | -$74.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $351.5M
- Total assets
- $9.60B
- Total liabilities
- $7.22B
- Total debt
- $4.83B
- Net debt
- $4.48B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.38B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.21 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.20 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.20 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.20 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.19 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,761,267
- Days to cover
- 7.41
- Change vs previous report
- -9.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 30, 2017
- 2-for-1
- May 4, 2010
- 2-for-1
- Sep 16, 2005
- 2-for-1