SW vs EXP vs CCK Stock Comparison

Smurfit Westrock, Eagle Materials and Crown Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SW Smurfit Westrock plc
$40.35 -10.5% 1M -6.4% 1Y
Market cap
$21.16B
P/E
46.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.48B
Div. yield
4.41%
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
2 wins
EXP Eagle Materials Inc
$173.66 -1.2% 1M -24.7% 1Y
Market cap
$5.35B
P/E
13.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.32B
Div. yield
0.58%
Cement Basic Materials
5 wins
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc.
$116.25 +8.2% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$12.56B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.77B
Div. yield
1.13%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Eagle Materials leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Eagle Materials 5, Crown Holdings 5, Smurfit Westrock 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSWEXPCCKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.16B $5.35B $12.56B SW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.8x 13.3x 15.8x EXP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.8x 14.2x 14.2x EXP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.1% +1.7% +13.4% CCK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 17.3% 5.8% EXP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.9% 13.1% CCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.2x 2.5x EXP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.41% 0.58% 1.13% SW
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.4% -24.7% +19.0% CCK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.9%/yr +3.2%/yr +2.3%/yr EXP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.4% 34.5% 25.3% CCK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 51/100 73/100 CCK

Percentile Scorecard

SWEXPCCK

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

AxisSWEXPCCK
Valuation 80 #4 of 16 22 #8 of 10 67 #6 of 16
Growth 13 #14 of 16 – 67 #6 of 16
Profitability 79 #4 of 15 100 #1 of 8 100 #1 of 15
Financial Health 87 #3 of 16 25 #7 of 9 60 #7 of 16
Shareholder Returns 62 #6 of 14 57 #4 of 8 69 #5 of 14
Overall 64 51 73
  • SW ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • EXP ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • CCK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSWEXPCCKSPY
1 month -10.5%-1.2%+8.2% +0.9%
3 months -16.4%-17.2%-3.0% +5.9%
6 months +1.7%-15.1%+17.4% +8.5%
Year to date +4.3%-16.0%+12.9% +13.3%
1 year -6.4%-24.7%+19.0% +12.4%
3 years +29.8%+17.5%+46.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +9.1%+5.5%+13.5% +23.5%
5 years -22.0%+17.1%+11.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -4.9%+3.2%+2.3% +11.0%
10 years +84.2%+115.8%+114.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +6.3%+8.0%+7.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureSWEXPCCKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.4%34.5%25.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.0%32.8%23.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.451.090.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.14-0.720.75 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.1%-48.2%-48.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.2%-27.7%-4.8% -0.9%
52-week high $51.84$240.24$122.16 $779.14
52-week low $32.79$163.37$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.

MultipleSWEXPCCK
P/E now vs peer median 46.8xmedian 19.1x 13.3xmedian 20.1x 15.8xmedian 19.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 2.3xmedian 1.8x 0.9xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.9x 9.8xmedian 9.4x 8.4xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 15.5x 31.4xmedian 31.4x 12.4xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.5x 3.6xmedian 2.3x 3.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.78 -10.93median 2.86 0.78median 0.78

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 monthsSWEXPCCK
Revenue $31.48B $2.32B $13.77B
Gross profit $5.49B $628.19M $2.78B
Operating income $1.44B $539.59M $1.65B
Net income $473.00M $402.57M $944.00M
Free cash flow – $170.51M $1.01B
EPS (diluted) – $12.95 $7.34
Cash & equivalents – $233.54M $629.00M
Total debt – $6.57B $5.85B
Shares (diluted) 526.00M 31.09M 108.30M
Enterprise value $21.19B $4.36B $10.45B

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
MetricSWEXPCCK
P/E 46.8x 13.3x 15.8x
P/FCF 22.9x 31.4x 12.4x
P/Operating cash flow 7.0x 8.5x 8.1x
P/S 0.7x 2.3x 0.9x
P/B 1.2x 3.6x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 3.6x 4.8x
EV/EBITDA – 9.8x 8.4x
EV/EBIT – 12.7x 10.8x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 3.0x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 40.3x 17.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.0x 10.9x 11.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -10.93 0.78

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSWEXPCCK
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.1% 1.7% 13.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.0% 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.1% -6.5% 2.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.9% 5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -16.9% -9.0% 7.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -4.1% 9.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -36.8% -11.1% -12.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -5.5% 14.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – -6.2% -10.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -1.2% 20.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.0% 14.4% 16.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 1.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -45.7% 0.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.3% 15.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSWEXPCCK
Gross margin – 27.0% 20.2%
EBITDA margin – 30.3% 15.3%
Operating margin – 23.2% 12.0%
Pretax margin – 21.5% 9.2%
Net margin – 17.3% 5.8%
FCF margin – 7.3% 7.3%
Operating cash flow margin 9.6% 27.2% 11.3%
Return on equity 2.6% 26.1% 27.7%
Return on assets 1.0% 10.0% 6.5%
Return on invested capital – 12.9% 13.1%
Return on capital employed – 15.0% 16.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.4x 1.6x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.9% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSWEXPCCK
Debt / assets – 45.0% 40.0%
Debt / equity – 1.2x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.2x 2.5x
Debt / FCF – 10.3x 5.8x
Liabilities / assets 60.1% 62.0% 76.3%
Equity / assets 39.9% 38.0% 23.7%
Interest coverage – 11.3x 4.2x
Current ratio 1.5x 3.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio – 1.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 0.8x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 3.11 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSWEXPCCK
Dividend yield 4.4% 0.6% 1.1%
Net buyback yield – 7.2% 6.3%
Shareholder yield 4.4% 7.8% 7.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 8.0% 15.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 18.8% 14.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -4.0% 21.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -4.5% 9.0%

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.

ConsensusSWEXPCCK
Forward P/E 17.8xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.27FY2026 $12.26FY2026 $8.17FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 -11.3%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +67.4% +3.0% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.77BFY2026 $2.19BFY2026 $13.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.3%FY2026 -5.3%FY2026 +7.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.3% +5.5% +5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSWEXPCCK
Held by institutions – 100.0% 98.3%
Institutions holding – 529 601
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.2% -3.3%
Institutions buying – 272 255
Institutions selling – 167 270
Buyers to sellers – 1.63 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.

SWEXPCCK
SW 1.00 0.61 0.52
EXP 0.61 1.00 0.49
CCK 0.52 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SW, EXP and CCK?

Smurfit Westrock (SW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smurfit Westrock (SW) $21.16B, Eagle Materials (EXP) $5.35B, Crown Holdings (CCK) $12.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, SW, EXP and CCK?

Eagle Materials (EXP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Smurfit Westrock (SW) 46.8x, Eagle Materials (EXP) 13.3x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Eagle Materials (EXP) is cheapest (Smurfit Westrock (SW) 17.8x, Eagle Materials (EXP) 14.2x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Crown Holdings (CCK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smurfit Westrock (SW) +1.1%, Eagle Materials (EXP) +1.7%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +13.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eagle Materials (EXP) has the highest net margin (Eagle Materials (EXP) 17.3%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 5.8%). On return on invested capital, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads (Eagle Materials (EXP) 12.9%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 13.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Crown Holdings (CCK) returned the most: Smurfit Westrock (SW) -6.4%, Eagle Materials (EXP) -24.7%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +19.0%. Over five years, Eagle Materials (EXP) compounded fastest (Smurfit Westrock (SW) -4.9%/yr, Eagle Materials (EXP) +3.2%/yr, Crown Holdings (CCK) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smurfit Westrock (SW) has the highest dividend yield: Smurfit Westrock (SW) 4.41%, Eagle Materials (EXP) 0.58%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 1.13%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crown Holdings (CCK) has been the steadiest (Smurfit Westrock (SW) 44.4%, Eagle Materials (EXP) 34.5%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 25.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SW, EXP 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, Eagle Materials (EXP) leads on 5. 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.