Crown Holdings (CCK)
Materials · Metal and protective packaging manufacturing
Global beverage and transit packaging leader manufacturing infinitely recyclable aluminum and steel cans, protective packaging solutions, and automation equipment across 179 plants in 39 countries.
What Crown Holdings does
Crown Holdings is a global diversified packaging manufacturer founded in 1892 that produces metal beverage cans and ends (aluminum and steel) for beverages, food, and aerosol industries, alongside transit packaging products including protective solutions, steel and plastic consumables, and automation equipment. The company operates 179 plants across 39 countries with approximately 23,000 employees and generated $12.4 billion in consolidated net sales in 2025, with 73% derived from global beverage can operations and 61% from operations outside the United States.
Themes: ["Metal beverage packaging","Aluminum cans (circular economy / infinite recyclability)","Transit packaging and protective solutions","Automation and equipment technologies","Sustainability / carbon footprint management","Regional manufacturing and operations management"]
Fundamentals
- Price$109.71 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$12.2B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+1.0% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E16.91 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+5.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+21.5% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+24.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity2.15 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.59 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.3%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to global beverage demand fluctuations; 73% of sales dependent on beverage can operations, with sensitivity to alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink category trends","International operations spanning 39 countries subject to foreign exchange volatility, geopolitical risks, and regional economic cycles; 61% of sales derived from outside the U.S.","Capital intensity of expanding global beverage can production capacity to meet growing customer demand, which requires significant ongoing investment and execution risk"]
Competitors & peers
- Ball Corporation
- Ardagh Metal Packaging
- Huhtamaki
- Sealed Air Corporation
- Sonoco Products
- Amcor
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.