Silgan (SLGN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLGN) is a leading supplier of rigid packaging solutions for consumer goods manufacturers. The company’s core business activities center on the design, production and distribution of metal and plastic containers, closures and dispense systems. Silgan serves a broad array of end markets, including food and beverage, home and personal care, health care and industrial products, providing both standard and custom packaging formats.

Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Silgan has grown organically and through strategic acquisitions to establish a global manufacturing footprint. The company operates over 100 production sites across North America and Europe, enabling close collaboration with customers on product development, sustainability initiatives and supply-chain optimization. Silgan’s portfolio encompasses metal cans, ends and closures as well as plastic bottles, jars, pumps and dispensing closures.

Silgan is led by an experienced executive team and governed by a board of directors with deep expertise in manufacturing, consumer products and global operations. The company places strong emphasis on operational excellence, quality assurance and environmental responsibility, pursuing continuous improvement programs and innovative material-reduction strategies. Through its expansive geographic reach and diversified product offerings, Silgan strives to deliver reliable packaging solutions that meet evolving regulatory, safety and sustainability standards.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $41.57 to $42.69
• 50-Day Range: $36.56 to $48.06
• 52-Week Range: $35.68 to $49.55
• Volume: 956,369 shs
• Average Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.51
• Dividend Yield: 2.00%
• Price Target: $54.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Silgan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Silgan scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 12th out of 232 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 $54.00, representing about 28.3% upside from its current price of $42.10.

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: 6.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Silgan are expected to grow by 6.82% in the coming year, from $3.81 to $4.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 16.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Silgan is 16.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.32.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Silgan has a PEG Ratio of 2.37. 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 1.87. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.92% 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 3.85, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silgan has recently decreased by 8.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Silgan pays a meaningful dividend of 2.07%, 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 20.64% next year. This indicates that Silgan will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.13

News Sentiment

Silgan has a news sentiment score of 1.13. 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 0.52 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Silgan this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for SLGN on MarketBeat 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 6/15 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 8/14/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• 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: $54.00
• High Price Target: $59.00
• Low Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.3%
• 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: 16.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.05
• P/E Growth: 2.37
• 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: 0.69
• Cash Flow: $7.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.96
• Book Value: $22.51 per share
• Price / Book: 1.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 105,680,000
• Free Float: 104,519,000
• Market Cap: $4.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.68