Crown Holdings
CCK on NYSE. Crown Holdings sells metal cans and packaging to beverage, food and industrial customers. Market value $12.3bn.
Ranked 19 of 1,305 on tonight’s list. On the list every night since 3 August 2026.
For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $9.12 of spare cash last year. A savings account pays about 4.
You pay 10.9 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 13 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | $261m | $8.3bn | $8.7bn | $2.2bn | $2.8bn |
| Operating margin | 326.1% | 12.0% | 11.8% | 49.9% | 37.3% |
| Debt to equity | 867.25 | 12.89 | 8.68 | 9.06 | 4.56 |
| Shares outstanding | 0.14bn | 0.14bn | 0.14bn | 0.13bn | 0.14bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive4 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)6 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt1.80× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsStrong, 80.2% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 4% fewer since 2013
Dates
Funds that own it
| Manager | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Markel Group | $25m | Held |
| Harris Associates | $21m | Held |
| Bridgewater Associates | $8m | Added 23% |
| Jensen Investment Management | $6m | Cut 8% |
| Gotham Asset Management | $5m | Cut 91% |
| GAMCO Investors | $4m | Held |
| Davis Selected Advisers | $611,655 | Cut 36% |
From 13F filings for the quarter ending 30 June 2026. These are reported 45 days late and only show long positions.
Insiders
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What could go wrong
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The deep dive
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- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
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- The three things that would make this a mistake
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Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; the five-year figures are rounded.