Crown
CCK · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$117.29
1.7%Sonoco
SON · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
$50.12
0.3%The short version
- Crown is the larger business, with $12.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.5B for Sonoco, about 1.6 times as much.
- Sonoco grew revenue faster (41.7%, against 4.8%).
- Sonoco kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (13.5% operating margin, against 12.6% operating margin).
- Crown turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.0% FCF margin, against 4.6% FCF margin).
- Crown earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.7%, against 9.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Crown’s earnings: a P/E of 16.9x against 4.9x for Sonoco.
| Latest fiscal year | CCK · FY25 | SON · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $12.9B | $5.0B |
| Revenue | $12.4B | $7.5B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $346M |
| Net income | $738M | $1.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.8% | 41.7% |
| 5-year growth | 5.7% | 7.1% |
| Share count change | −3.1% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 20.9% |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 13.5% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 13.3% |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | 4.6% |
| Return on capital | 13.7% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 25.7% | 34.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $5.2B | $3.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6x | 2.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $625M | $219M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.9x | 4.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 |
FY16
CCK $8.3B
SON $4.9B
FY17
CCK $8.7B
SON $5.2B
FY18
CCK $11.2B
SON $5.5B
FY19
CCK $11.7B
SON $5.5B
FY20
CCK $9.4B
SON $5.3B
FY21
CCK $11.4B
SON $5.7B
FY22
CCK $12.9B
SON $5.9B
FY23
CCK $12.0B
SON $5.4B
FY24
CCK $11.8B
SON $5.3B
FY25
CCK $12.4B
SON $7.5B
CCK
SON
FY16
CCK 12.0%
SON 10.3%
FY17
CCK 11.8%
SON 8.0%
FY18
CCK 9.8%
SON 7.9%
FY19
CCK 8.8%
SON 8.5%
FY20
CCK 11.2%
SON 6.7%
FY21
CCK 12.0%
SON 8.5%
FY22
CCK 10.3%
SON 9.6%
FY23
CCK 10.6%
SON 10.8%
FY24
CCK 12.0%
SON 6.2%
FY25
CCK 12.6%
SON 13.5%
CCK
SON
FY16
CCK −$607M
SON $212M
FY17
CCK −$749M
SON $159M
FY18
CCK $109M
SON $397M
FY19
CCK $772M
SON $230M
FY20
CCK $761M
SON $511M
FY21
CCK $89.0M
SON $42.7M
FY22
CCK −$36.0M
SON $180M
FY23
CCK $660M
SON $520M
FY24
CCK $789M
SON $441M
FY25
CCK $1.1B
SON $346M
CCK
SON
FY16
CCK 14.8%
SON 13.1%
FY17
CCK 9.7%
SON 8.4%
FY18
CCK 10.2%
SON 11.8%
FY19
CCK 8.6%
SON 11.0%
FY20
CCK 8.0%
SON 8.9%
FY21
CCK 12.2%
SON 12.1%
FY22
CCK 12.3%
SON 10.7%
FY23
CCK 10.3%
SON 8.6%
FY24
CCK 12.2%
SON 4.2%
FY25
CCK 13.7%
SON 9.4%
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