Analysts Set Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) Target Price at $125.21

Shares of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eleven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $125.2143.

Several brokerages recently issued reports on CCK. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $135.00 price objective (up from $130.00) on shares of Crown in a report on Friday, February 6th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Crown in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Crown in a research report on Friday, February 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Crown from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $112.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Crown from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 9th.

Insider Transactions at Crown

In other Crown news, CEO Timothy J. Donahue sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.67, for a total value of $830,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 474,736 shares in the company, valued at approximately $52,539,033.12. The trade was a 1.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, COO Djalma Novaes, Jr. sold 29,734 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.80, for a total value of $3,413,463.20. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 88,052 shares in the company, valued at $10,108,369.60. This trade represents a 25.24% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 73,758 shares of company stock valued at $8,078,508. Insiders own 0.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Crown

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CCK. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its stake in shares of Crown by 17.6% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 166,485 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $17,173,000 after acquiring an additional 24,929 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors acquired a new position in Crown during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,197,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Crown by 176.0% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 33,354 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,435,000 after purchasing an additional 21,269 shares during the period. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group boosted its holdings in shares of Crown by 48.2% in the 4th quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 11,767 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,214,000 after purchasing an additional 3,827 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mariner Investment Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Crown during the 4th quarter valued at $515,000. 90.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Crown Stock Down 1.9%

Shares of NYSE CCK opened at $99.73 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.70. Crown has a 52 week low of $75.98 and a 52 week high of $116.62. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $107.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $101.41. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55.

Crown (NYSE:CCK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.99 billion. Crown had a net margin of 5.97% and a return on equity of 26.68%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.59 earnings per share. Crown has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.300 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.700-1.800 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Crown will post 6.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Crown Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. This is a positive change from Crown’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Crown’s payout ratio is currently 21.98%.

About Crown

Crown Holdings, Inc is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products for consumer goods markets. The company designs, manufactures and sells metal packaging for beverage, food, household, personal care and specialty products. Its portfolio includes aluminum and steel beverage cans, steel food cans, aluminum aerosols, metal closures and ends, offering customers end-to-end solutions from design and prototyping to large-scale production.

Founded in 1919 as the Crown Cork & Seal Company, Crown has grown through strategic acquisitions and investments in advanced manufacturing technologies.