Amcor vs Crown
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The short version
- Amcor is the larger business, with $23.5B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $12.4B for Crown, about 1.9 times as much.
- Amcor grew revenue faster (56.6%, against 4.8%).
- Crown kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (12.6% operating margin, against 8.1%).
- Crown turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.0% FCF margin, against 5.2%).
- Crown earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.7%, against 6.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | AMCR · FY26 | CCK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.4B | $12.9B |
| Revenue | $23.5B | $12.4B |
| Free cash flow | $1.2B | $1.1B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $738M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 56.6% | 4.8% |
| 5-year growth | 12.8% | 5.7% |
| Share count change | 45.6% | −3.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 12.6% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 6.0% |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 9.0% |
| Return on capital | 6.6% | 13.7% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 25.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $12.9B | $5.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.8x | 2.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $625M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 16.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 |
Revenue
FY17
AMCR $9.1B
CCK $8.7B
FY18
AMCR $9.3B
CCK $11.2B
FY19
AMCR $9.5B
CCK $11.7B
FY20
AMCR $12.5B
CCK $9.4B
FY21
AMCR $12.9B
CCK $11.4B
FY22
AMCR $14.5B
CCK $12.9B
FY23
AMCR $14.7B
CCK $12.0B
FY24
AMCR $13.6B
CCK $11.8B
FY25
AMCR $15.0B
CCK $12.4B
FY26
AMCR $23.5B
CCK —
AMCR
CCK
Operating margin
FY17
AMCR 10.1%
CCK 11.8%
FY18
AMCR 10.7%
CCK 9.8%
FY19
AMCR 8.4%
CCK 8.8%
FY20
AMCR 8.0%
CCK 11.2%
FY21
AMCR 10.3%
CCK 12.0%
FY22
AMCR 8.5%
CCK 10.3%
FY23
AMCR 10.3%
CCK 10.6%
FY24
AMCR 8.9%
CCK 12.0%
FY25
AMCR 6.7%
CCK 12.6%
FY26
AMCR 8.1%
CCK —
AMCR
CCK
Free cash flow
FY17
AMCR $530M
CCK −$749M
FY18
AMCR $506M
CCK $109M
FY19
AMCR $444M
CCK $772M
FY20
AMCR $984M
CCK $761M
FY21
AMCR $993M
CCK $89.0M
FY22
AMCR $999M
CCK −$36.0M
FY23
AMCR $735M
CCK $660M
FY24
AMCR $829M
CCK $789M
FY25
AMCR $810M
CCK $1.1B
FY26
AMCR $1.2B
CCK —
AMCR
CCK
Return on capital
FY17
AMCR —
CCK 9.7%
FY18
AMCR —
CCK 10.2%
FY19
AMCR 7.0%
CCK 8.6%
FY20
AMCR 7.2%
CCK 8.0%
FY21
AMCR 10.1%
CCK 12.2%
FY22
AMCR 9.0%
CCK 12.3%
FY23
AMCR 12.8%
CCK 10.3%
FY24
AMCR 9.9%
CCK 12.2%
FY25
AMCR 4.6%
CCK 13.7%
FY26
AMCR 6.6%
CCK —
AMCR
CCK
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.