Crown
CCK · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$117.29
1.7%Packaging Corporation of America
PKG · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$247.29
0.7%The short version
- Crown is the larger business, with $12.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $9.0B for Packaging Corporation of America.
- Packaging Corporation of America grew revenue faster (7.2%, against 4.8%).
- Crown turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.0% FCF margin, against 8.1% FCF margin).
- Crown earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.7%, against 11.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Packaging Corporation of America’s earnings: a P/E of 32.1x against 16.9x for Crown.
| Latest fiscal year | CCK · FY25 | PKG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $12.9B | $22.0B |
| Revenue | $12.4B | $9.0B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $729M |
| Net income | $738M | $774M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.8% | 7.2% |
| 5-year growth | 5.7% | 6.2% |
| Share count change | −3.1% | 0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 21.0% |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 12.3% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 8.6% |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | 8.1% |
| Return on capital | 13.7% | 11.8% |
| Return on equity | 25.7% | 17.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $5.2B | $3.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6x | 1.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $625M | $603M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.9x | 32.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 |
FY16
CCK $8.3B
PKG $5.8B
FY17
CCK $8.7B
PKG $6.4B
FY18
CCK $11.2B
PKG $7.0B
FY19
CCK $11.7B
PKG $7.0B
FY20
CCK $9.4B
PKG $6.7B
FY21
CCK $11.4B
PKG $7.7B
FY22
CCK $12.9B
PKG $8.5B
FY23
CCK $12.0B
PKG $7.8B
FY24
CCK $11.8B
PKG $8.4B
FY25
CCK $12.4B
PKG $9.0B
CCK
PKG
FY16
CCK 12.0%
PKG 13.6%
FY17
CCK 11.8%
PKG 14.5%
FY18
CCK 9.8%
PKG 15.2%
FY19
CCK 8.8%
PKG 15.1%
FY20
CCK 11.2%
PKG 10.9%
FY21
CCK 12.0%
PKG 16.1%
FY22
CCK 10.3%
PKG 16.8%
FY23
CCK 10.6%
PKG 13.8%
FY24
CCK 12.0%
PKG 13.1%
FY25
CCK 12.6%
PKG 12.3%
CCK
PKG
FY16
CCK −$607M
PKG $533M
FY17
CCK −$749M
PKG $513M
FY18
CCK $109M
PKG $629M
FY19
CCK $772M
PKG $808M
FY20
CCK $761M
PKG $612M
FY21
CCK $89.0M
PKG $489M
FY22
CCK −$36.0M
PKG $671M
FY23
CCK $660M
PKG $845M
FY24
CCK $789M
PKG $522M
FY25
CCK $1.1B
PKG $729M
CCK
PKG
FY16
CCK 14.8%
PKG 12.9%
FY17
CCK 9.7%
PKG 17.1%
FY18
CCK 10.2%
PKG 17.2%
FY19
CCK 8.6%
PKG 16.6%
FY20
CCK 8.0%
PKG 11.1%
FY21
CCK 12.2%
PKG 18.7%
FY22
CCK 12.3%
PKG 19.2%
FY23
CCK 10.3%
PKG 14.1%
FY24
CCK 12.2%
PKG 14.0%
FY25
CCK 13.7%
PKG 11.8%
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