Silgan (SLGN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLGN) is a manufacturer of rigid packaging for consumer goods. The company produces metal containers, plastic containers, closures and dispensing systems used to package food, pet food, beverages, household products, personal-care items, chemicals, paints and other products.

Silgan’s business is organized around metal containers, closures and dispensing systems. Its products include steel cans, plastic containers, caps, lids, pumps, sprayers and other dispensing components. The company serves a broad range of consumer-products manufacturers and focuses on packaging applications that require protection, convenience and product preservation.

Founded in 1987, Silgan is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and operates manufacturing facilities primarily in North America and Europe. Its packaging products are sold to customers across several consumer and industrial markets, supporting brands and manufacturers throughout their supply chains.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $34.78 to $35.27
• 50-Day Range: $34.74 to $48.06
• 52-Week Range: $33.92 to $49.55
• Volume: 899,575 shs
• Average Volume: 1.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.67
• Dividend Yield: 2.41%
• Price Target: $53.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Silgan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Silgan scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 27th out of 231 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: 4.4 / 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 $53.50, representing about 53.5% upside from its current price of $34.86.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Silgan has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.07%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Silgan are expected to grow by 7.07% in the coming year, from $3.82 to $4.09 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 13.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 13.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.12.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Silgan has a PEG Ratio of 2.02. 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 1.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.38% 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 7.41.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silgan has recently decreased by 9.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Silgan pays a meaningful dividend of 2.42%, 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 32.94%. 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 20.54% next year. This indicates that Silgan will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.34

News Sentiment

Silgan has a news sentiment score of -0.34. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Silgan this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

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

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/29/2026
• 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: $53.50
• High Price Target: $59.00
• Low Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +53.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.13
• P/E Growth: 2.02
• Net Income: $288.40 million
• Net Margins: 4.05%
• Pretax Margin: 5.84%
• Return on Equity: 16.74%
• Return on Assets: 4.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.54
• Current Ratio: 1.27
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.57
• Cash Flow: $6.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.09
• Book Value: $21.52 per share
• Price / Book: 1.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 105,680,000
• Free Float: 104,519,000
• Market Cap: $3.68 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.67