CCK vs SLGN vs SON Stock Comparison

Crown Holdings, Silgan Holdings and Sonoco Products Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
6 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
SON Sonoco Products Co
$50.12 -1.0% 1M +21.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.92B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.46B
Div. yield
0.04%
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Crown Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Crown Holdings 6, Sonoco Products 6). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCCKSLGNSONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.79B $4.13B $4.92B CCK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.3x 15.3x 7.8x SON
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.4x 9.8x 9.3x SON
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.3% +8.4% +17.7% SON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.9% 4.0% 8.4% SON
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 5.5% 10.0% CCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 4.9x 2.7x CCK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% 0.04% SON
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.6% -11.9% +21.0% SON
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.2%/yr -0.3%/yr -3.4%/yr CCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.3% 34.9% 33.8% CCK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 54/100 68/100 CCK

Percentile Scorecard

CCKSLGNSON

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

AxisCCKSLGNSON
Valuation 60 #7 of 16 73 #5 of 16 80 #4 of 16
Growth 73 #5 of 16 53 #8 of 16 87 #3 of 16
Profitability 100 #1 of 16 73 #5 of 16 87 #3 of 16
Financial Health 38 #11 of 17 25 #13 of 17 31 #12 of 17
Shareholder Returns 69 #5 of 14 46 #8 of 14 54 #7 of 14
Overall 68 54 68
  • CCK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SLGN ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SON ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCCKSLGNSONSPY
1 month +6.9%+5.8%-1.0% -1.0%
3 months -0.5%-15.4%-13.9% +2.9%
6 months +16.0%+0.7%+3.4% +6.4%
Year to date +13.9%-2.6%+14.8% +11.4%
1 year +18.6%-11.9%+21.0% +13.1%
3 years +43.8%-4.6%-0.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +12.9%-1.6%-0.3% +21.5%
5 years +11.7%-1.7%-15.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +2.2%-0.3%-3.4% +10.9%
10 years +115.1%+54.0%-1.5% +255.2%
10 years, per year +8.0%+4.4%-0.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCCKSLGNSONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.3%34.9%33.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.0%38.7%36.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.460.550.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.73-0.340.62 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.5%-39.6%-41.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.0%-19.6%-17.2% -2.5%
52-week high $122.16$48.89$60.55 $779.14
52-week low $92.04$34.74$39.27 $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.

MultipleCCKSLGNSON
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 18.2x 15.4xmedian 18.2x 7.9xmedian 18.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 9.5x 9.5xmedian 9.5x 5.9xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.6xmedian 15.7x 12.1xmedian 15.7x 14.0xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.76median 0.83 -4.37median 0.83 0.90median 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 monthsCCKSLGNSON
Revenue $13.26B $6.68B $7.46B
Gross profit $2.78B $1.14B $1.55B
Operating income $1.63B $573.99M $1.04B
Net income $922.00M $270.29M $628.33M
Free cash flow $1.20B $342.76M $354.83M
EPS (diluted) $7.14 $2.55 $6.29
Cash & equivalents $656.00M $351.53M $168.65M
Total debt $6.06B $18.79B $4.45B
Shares (diluted) 109.80M 105.79M 99.78M
Enterprise value $9.61B $1.88B $3.90B

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
MetricCCKSLGNSON
P/E 16.4x 15.4x 7.9x
P/FCF 10.6x 12.1x 14.0x
P/Operating cash flow 7.4x 6.5x 7.8x
P/S 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
P/B 3.8x 1.7x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 5.1x 2.7x 4.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x 9.5x 5.9x
EV/EBIT 11.2x 15.0x 8.9x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 1.3x 1.2x
EV/FCF 15.2x 25.2x 26.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.5x 13.5x 14.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.76 -4.37 0.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCCKSLGNSON
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.3% 8.4% 17.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 2.1% 15.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.7% 3.5% 15.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 3.5% 13.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.8% 2.7% 124.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 1.1% 19.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.7% -10.5% 13.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% -4.9% 9.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.4% -9.3% 12.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.6% -3.5% 8.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 31.6% 86.3% 17.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.2% 30.5% -1.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% 502.4% 148.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 154.3% 67.5% 2.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCCKSLGNSON
Gross margin 21.0% 17.1% 20.8%
EBITDA margin 15.8% 13.7% 20.9%
Operating margin 12.3% 8.6% 13.9%
Pretax margin 9.3% 5.8% 10.8%
Net margin 5.9% 4.0% 8.4%
FCF margin 9.0% 5.1% 4.8%
Operating cash flow margin 13.0% 9.6% 8.5%
Return on equity 27.2% 11.3% 17.5%
Return on assets 6.4% 2.8% 5.7%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 5.5% 10.0%
Return on capital employed 16.5% 8.4% 12.6%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 2.4x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCCKSLGNSON
Debt / assets 41.6% 50.3% 40.6%
Debt / equity 1.8x 2.0x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 4.9x 2.7x
Debt / FCF 5.1x 14.1x 12.6x
Liabilities / assets 76.9% 75.2% 67.2%
Equity / assets 23.1% 24.8% 32.8%
Interest coverage 4.1x 3.1x 5.1x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 1.87 1.83

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCCKSLGNSON
Dividend yield 1.1% 2.1% 4.3%
Net buyback yield 6.4% 1.8% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 7.5% 3.9% 4.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 14.9% 32.4% 33.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 11.4% 25.5% 59.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 15.1% 4.2% 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 4.9% 2.9%

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.

ConsensusCCKSLGNSON
Forward P/E 14.4xFY2026 9.8xFY2026 9.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.16FY2026 $4.00FY2026 $5.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.7%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 -5.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.6% +7.3% +18.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.96BFY2026 $6.50BFY2026 $7.74BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026 +3.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.7% +4.8% -5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCCKSLGNSON
Held by institutions 98.3% 92.5% 97.9%
Institutions holding 601 349 507
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.3% +4.9% +13.2%
Institutions buying 255 190 264
Institutions selling 270 114 160
Buyers to sellers 0.94 1.67 1.65

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.

CCKSLGNSON
CCK 1.00 0.64 0.54
SLGN 0.64 1.00 0.53
SON 0.54 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CCK, SLGN and SON?

Crown Holdings (CCK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Crown Holdings (CCK) $12.79B, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) $4.13B, Sonoco Products (SON) $4.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, CCK, SLGN and SON?

Sonoco Products (SON) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Crown Holdings (CCK) 16.3x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 15.3x, Sonoco Products (SON) 7.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sonoco Products (SON) is cheapest (Crown Holdings (CCK) 14.4x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 9.8x, Sonoco Products (SON) 9.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sonoco Products (SON) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Crown Holdings (CCK) +10.3%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +8.4%, Sonoco Products (SON) +17.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sonoco Products (SON) has the highest net margin (Crown Holdings (CCK) 5.9%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 4.0%, Sonoco Products (SON) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads (Crown Holdings (CCK) 12.7%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 5.5%, Sonoco Products (SON) 10.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sonoco Products (SON) returned the most: Crown Holdings (CCK) +18.6%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -11.9%, Sonoco Products (SON) +21.0%. Over five years, Crown Holdings (CCK) compounded fastest (Crown Holdings (CCK) +2.2%/yr, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -0.3%/yr, Sonoco Products (SON) -3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sonoco Products (SON) has the highest dividend yield: Crown Holdings (CCK) 0.01%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 0.02%, Sonoco Products (SON) 0.04%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crown Holdings (CCK) has been the steadiest (Crown Holdings (CCK) 25.3%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 34.9%, Sonoco Products (SON) 33.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.