Shares of
Crown Holdings Inc. (
CCK - Free Report) have outperformed the industry in a month’s time. The stock has gained 18% compared with the
industry’s growth of 11%.
Let’s delve deep and analyze the reasons behind the company’s impressive price performance and find out if there is room for further appreciation:
Better-than-Expected Q3 Results: Crown Holdings reported impressive third-quarter 2018 numbers. Earnings came in at $1.71, increasing 17% year over year and comfortably outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.65. It also surpassed management’s guided range of $1.60-$1.70.
Net sales in the reported quarter rose 29% year over year to $3,174 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3,158 million. This year-over-year improvement in sales can be attributed to positive impact of the Signode acquisition, improved beverage can volumes and pass through of higher material costs to customers. Notably, global beverage can volumes grew 3% year over year in the third quarter.
Solid Q4 Ahead Despite Headwinds: Crown Holdings projects fourth-quarter 2018 earnings per share between 97 cents and $1.20. This reflects year-over-year growth of around 37% at the mid-point. The company will benefit from strong global beverage can demand as customers and consumers are favoring cans over other formats. This will help mitigate the impact of damages caused by recent hurricanes Florence and Michael on the quarter’s results, elevated freight costs in North America and negative impact of foreign currency-translation.
Healthy Growth Projections: The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth quarter is pegged at $1.00, depicting year-over-year growth of 27%. For fiscal 2018, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share is at $5.20, projecting year-over-year growth of 29% while the same for 2019 anticipates a rise of 9% to $5.67.
Positive Earnings Surprise History: Crown Holdings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the last four quarters with the average beat being 4.81%, reflecting its operational efficiencies.
Crown Holdings, Inc. Price
Crown Holdings has a long term estimated earnings growth rate of 7%.
Cheaper than the industry: Crown Holdings has a trailing 12-month EV/EBITDA ratio of 8.5, while the industry's average trailing 12-month EV/EBITDA is 9.7.
Favorable Rank, Score Combination: This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock carries a favorable VGM Score of A. This helps to identify stocks with the most attractive value, best growth rate and solid momentum.
Further, the company has a return on equity — a profitability measure — of 59.6%, better than the industry average of 23.7%. This reflects the company’s efficiency in utilizing its shareholders’ funds.
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