AMCR vs SLGN vs CCK Stock Comparison

Amcor, Silgan Holdings and Crown Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMCR Amcor plc
$46.11 +7.7% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$21.40B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$23.51B
Div. yield
0.06%
Plastic Packaging Basic Materials
3 wins
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc
$39.31 +5.8% 1M -11.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.13B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
2 wins
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc.
$117.33 +6.9% 1M +18.6% 1Y
Market cap
$12.79B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.26B
Div. yield
0.01%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Crown Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Crown Holdings 7, Amcor 3, Silgan Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMCRSLGNCCKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.40B $4.13B $12.79B AMCR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.4x 15.3x 16.3x SLGN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 9.8x 14.4x SLGN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.6% +8.4% +10.3% AMCR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.7% 4.0% 5.9% CCK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.1% 5.5% 12.7% CCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 4.9x 2.6x CCK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.02% 0.01% AMCR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.1% -11.9% +18.6% CCK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.4%/yr -0.3%/yr +2.2%/yr CCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.6% 34.9% 25.3% CCK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 54/100 68/100 CCK

Percentile Scorecard

AMCRSLGNCCK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMCRSLGNCCK
Valuation 40 #10 of 16 73 #5 of 16 60 #7 of 16
Growth 100 #1 of 16 53 #8 of 16 73 #5 of 16
Profitability 67 #6 of 16 73 #5 of 16 100 #1 of 16
Financial Health 44 #10 of 17 25 #13 of 17 38 #11 of 17
Shareholder Returns 77 #4 of 14 46 #8 of 14 69 #5 of 14
Overall 65 54 68
  • AMCR ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SLGN ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • CCK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMCRSLGNCCKSPY
1 month +7.7%+5.8%+6.9% -1.0%
3 months +3.5%-15.4%-0.5% +2.9%
6 months +18.4%+0.7%+16.0% +6.4%
Year to date +10.6%-2.6%+13.9% +11.4%
1 year +12.1%-11.9%+18.6% +13.1%
3 years +6.9%-4.6%+43.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.2%-1.6%+12.9% +21.5%
5 years -24.2%-1.7%+11.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -5.4%-0.3%+2.2% +10.9%
10 years —+54.0%+115.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+4.4%+8.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMCRSLGNCCKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.6%34.9%25.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.1%38.7%24.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.550.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.38-0.340.73 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.6%-39.6%-48.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-19.6%-4.0% -2.5%
52-week high $50.58$48.89$122.16 $779.14
52-week low $36.69$34.74$92.04 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMCRSLGNCCK
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 18.2x 15.4xmedian 18.2x 16.4xmedian 18.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.5x 9.5xmedian 9.5x 8.7xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 15.7x 12.1xmedian 15.7x 10.6xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x 3.8xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median -1.55median 0.83 -4.37median 0.83 0.76median 0.83

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMCRSLGNCCK
Revenue $23.51B $6.68B $13.26B
Gross profit $4.69B $1.14B $2.78B
Operating income $1.90B $573.99M $1.63B
Net income $1.11B $270.29M $922.00M
Free cash flow $1.23B $342.76M $1.20B
R&D $170.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $2.38 $2.55 $7.14
Cash & equivalents $1.12B $351.53M $656.00M
Total debt $59.83B $18.79B $6.06B
Shares (diluted) 463.80M 105.79M 109.80M
Enterprise value $16.82B $1.88B $9.61B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMCRSLGNCCK
P/E 19.3x 15.4x 16.4x
P/FCF 17.3x 12.1x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x 6.5x 7.4x
P/S 0.9x 0.6x 1.0x
P/B 1.8x 1.7x 3.8x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 2.7x 5.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 9.5x 8.7x
EV/EBIT 18.0x 15.0x 11.2x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF 27.8x 25.2x 15.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x 13.5x 10.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.55 -4.37 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSLGNCCK
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.6% 8.4% 10.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 2.1% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 65.5% 3.5% 3.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 3.5% 7.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 88.2% 2.7% 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 1.1% 11.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 113.5% -10.5% 39.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.5% -4.9% 16.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% -9.3% 48.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.4% -3.5% 21.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.7% 86.3% 31.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 30.5% 24.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 51.7% 502.4% 20.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.7% 67.5% 154.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMCRSLGNCCK
Gross margin 20.0% 17.1% 21.0%
EBITDA margin 14.6% 13.7% 15.8%
Operating margin 8.1% 8.6% 12.3%
Pretax margin 5.5% 5.8% 9.3%
Net margin 4.7% 4.0% 5.9%
FCF margin 5.2% 5.1% 9.0%
Operating cash flow margin 9.2% 9.6% 13.0%
Return on equity 9.4% 11.3% 27.2%
Return on assets 3.0% 2.8% 6.4%
Return on invested capital 6.1% 5.5% 12.7%
Return on capital employed 6.4% 8.4% 16.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 2.4x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMCRSLGNCCK
Debt / assets 37.8% 50.3% 41.6%
Debt / equity 1.2x 2.0x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 4.9x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 11.4x 14.1x 5.1x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 75.2% 76.9%
Equity / assets 31.8% 24.8% 23.1%
Interest coverage 2.8x 3.1x 4.1x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.39 1.87 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMCRSLGNCCK
Dividend yield 5.6% 2.1% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.8% 6.4%
Shareholder yield 5.6% 3.9% 7.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 108.0% 32.4% 14.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) 97.2% 25.5% 11.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 41.4% 4.2% 15.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 4.9% 7.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMCRSLGNCCK
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2027 9.8xFY2026 14.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.04FY2027 $4.00FY2026 $8.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.5%FY2027 +7.5%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.4% +7.3% +8.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.41BFY2027 $6.50BFY2026 $12.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.4%FY2027 +0.3%FY2026 +4.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +4.8% +4.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMCRSLGNCCK
Held by institutions 77.1% 92.5% 98.3%
Institutions holding 684 349 601
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +4.9% -3.3%
Institutions buying 409 190 255
Institutions selling 211 114 270
Buyers to sellers 1.94 1.67 0.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMCRSLGNCCK
AMCR 1.00 0.59 0.63
SLGN 0.59 1.00 0.64
CCK 0.63 0.64 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMCR, SLGN and CCK?

Amcor (AMCR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amcor (AMCR) $21.40B, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) $4.13B, Crown Holdings (CCK) $12.79B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMCR, SLGN and CCK?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amcor (AMCR) 19.4x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 15.3x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 16.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) is cheapest (Amcor (AMCR) 11.4x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 9.8x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 14.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amcor (AMCR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amcor (AMCR) +56.6%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +8.4%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +10.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Crown Holdings (CCK) has the highest net margin (Amcor (AMCR) 4.7%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 4.0%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 5.9%). On return on invested capital, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads (Amcor (AMCR) 6.1%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 5.5%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Crown Holdings (CCK) returned the most: Amcor (AMCR) +12.1%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -11.9%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +18.6%. Over five years, Crown Holdings (CCK) compounded fastest (Amcor (AMCR) -5.4%/yr, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -0.3%/yr, Crown Holdings (CCK) +2.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Amcor (AMCR) has the highest dividend yield: Amcor (AMCR) 0.06%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 0.02%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crown Holdings (CCK) has been the steadiest (Amcor (AMCR) 31.6%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 34.9%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 25.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMCR, SLGN and CCK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.