Crown vs Graphic Packaging
CCK and GPK side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CCK and GPK compare
Crown is the larger company, worth 4.9 times as much as Graphic Packaging ($13.0B against $2.6B).
On earnings, Graphic Packaging is cheaper: it trades at 13.6× trailing earnings, against 17.2× for Crown.
Crown grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.3% versus 0.02% for Graphic Packaging).
Crown keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.9% compared with 2.2% at Graphic Packaging.
Both pay dividends: Crown yields 1.1% and Graphic Packaging 4.9%.
Crown scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 12 for Graphic Packaging), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CCK | GPK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.0B | $2.6B |
| Share price | $119.24 | $8.95 |
| Change, 1 year | 24.9% | −45.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 11.5% | −56.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.66 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 23K | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 17.2× | 13.6× (better) |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 4.5× | 0.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.6× | 7.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 10.8× | – |
| PEG | 8.07 | – |
| FCF yield | 9.2% | – |
| Fair value | $138.61 | $16.31 |
| Margin of safety | 14.0% | 45.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.3% (better) | 0.02% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.7% (better) | 5.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 40.8% (better) | −63.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 46.0% (better) | −62.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.2% | 19.8% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.0% (better) | 15.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% (better) | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 5.9% (better) | 2.2% |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | – |
| Return on equity | 27.2% (better) | 6.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% (better) | 4.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.11 | 1.75 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.32 (better) | 5.14 |
| Interest coverage | 4.1× (better) | 2.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | 1.38 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.99 (better) | 1.34 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 4.9% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 17.5% | 67.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | – |
| Buyback yield | 6.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.4% (better) | 4.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 99.3% | 119% |
| Held by insiders | 0.96% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$16.5M | $1.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.4% | 7.6% |
Go deeper
- CCK stock overview
- CCK income statement
- CCK valuation and score
- GPK stock overview
- GPK income statement
- GPK valuation and score
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