Crown (CCK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) is a global packaging company that designs, manufactures and sells metal packaging products. Its portfolio includes beverage cans, food cans, aerosol cans, closures and other specialty packaging used by consumer goods, food and beverage, household, personal care and industrial customers.

The company serves customers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and other international markets. Crown’s products are used for beer, soft drinks, energy drinks, canned foods, household products, personal care items and industrial materials. In addition to producing packaging, the company provides related design, manufacturing and technical services to support customer packaging programs.

Crown traces its roots to the late 19th century and the development of metal closures and packaging technologies. The business was historically associated with Crown Cork & Seal Company before adopting the Crown Holdings name. The company is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy J. Donahue.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $120.04 to $123.37
• 50-Day Range: $105.67 to $123.14
• 52-Week Range: $91.31 to $123.37
• Volume: 1.23 million shs
• Average Volume: 846,848 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.05 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.53
• Dividend Yield: 1.16%
• Price Target: $128.47
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Crown Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Crown scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 80th out of 230 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Crown has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 12 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Crown is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Crown has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Crown are expected to grow by 9.04% in the coming year, from $8.41 to $9.17 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Crown is 16.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Crown is 16.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 29.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Crown has a PEG Ratio of 1.45. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Crown has a P/B Ratio of 3.80. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.39% of the float of Crown has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Crown has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.19, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Crown has recently increased by 1.53%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Crown pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Crown has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Crown is 19.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Crown will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.27% next year. This indicates that Crown will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

Crown has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Crown this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for CCK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 600% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Crown to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Crown insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.90% of the stock of Crown is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.93% of the stock of Crown is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/19/2026
• Today: 11/03/2026
• Record date for 11/19 Dividend: 11/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/19 Dividend: 11/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Containers & Packaging
• Sub-Industry: Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CCK
• CIK: 1219601
• Web: www.crowncork.com
• Phone: (215) 698-5100
• Fax: 215-698-7050
• Employees: 23,000
• Year Founded: 1892

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Crown: $128.47
• High Price Target: $145.00
• Low Price Target: $107.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +6.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.17
• P/E Growth: 1.54
• Net Income: $738 million
• Net Margins: 5.78%
• Pretax Margin: 9.16%
• Return on Equity: 27.41%
• Return on Assets: 6.51%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.65
• Current Ratio: 1.14
• Quick Ratio: 0.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.37 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.06
• Cash Flow: $11.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.47
• Book Value: $32.03 per share
• Price / Book: 3.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 108,050,000
• Free Float: 107,079,000
• Market Cap: $13.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.54