Silgan (SLGN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLGN) is a manufacturer of rigid packaging products used by consumer goods companies. The company produces metal containers, plastic containers and specialty closures for food, beverage, personal care, household, healthcare, industrial and other products.

Silgan’s metal packaging business supplies cans and containers for food, pet food, paint, chemicals, aerosols and other applications. Its plastic packaging operations manufacture bottles, tubs and other containers, while its closures business produces metal and plastic caps, lids and dispensing systems for a range of consumer and industrial products.

Founded in 1987, Silgan serves customers primarily across North America and Europe through a network of manufacturing facilities. The company works with major packaged-food, beverage, personal-care and household-product producers, providing packaging designed for product protection, storage, transport and consumer use.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $41.21 to $42.46
• 50-Day Range: $34.74 to $42.93
• 52-Week Range: $33.70 to $49.55
• Volume: 1.05 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.39 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.73
• Dividend Yield: 2.02%
• Price Target: $50.70
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Silgan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Silgan scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 42nd out of 229 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: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Silgan has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Silgan has a consensus price target of $50.70, representing about 22.2% upside from its current price of $41.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Silgan has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.67%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Silgan are expected to grow by 5.67% in the coming year, from $3.88 to $4.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 16.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.97.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 16.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 28.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Silgan has a PEG Ratio of 2.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Silgan has a P/B Ratio of 1.77. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.89% of the float of Silgan has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Silgan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.58.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silgan has recently increased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Silgan pays a meaningful dividend of 1.97%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Silgan has been increasing its dividend for 22 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Silgan is 33.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Silgan will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.49% next year. This indicates that Silgan will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Silgan has a news sentiment score of 0.70. 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 0.44 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for Silgan this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for SLGN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Silgan to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.10% of the stock of Silgan is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.25% of the stock of Silgan is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Today: 11/04/2026
• 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:SLGN
• CIK: 849869
• Web: www.silganholdings.com
• Phone: (203) 975-7110
• Fax: 203-975-7902
• Employees: 17,200
• Year Founded: 1987

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Silgan: $50.70
• High Price Target: $59.00
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.48
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.12
• P/E Growth: 2.48
• Net Income: $288.40 million
• Net Margins: 3.90%
• Pretax Margin: 5.75%
• Return on Equity: 16.73%
• Return on Assets: 4.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.54
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.68
• Cash Flow: $6.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.23
• Book Value: $23.45 per share
• Price / Book: 1.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 105,680,000
• Free Float: 104,519,000
• Market Cap: $4.39 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.64