Crown Holdings Inc vs Packaging Corp Of America

Crown Holdings Inc (CCK) is undervalued and Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CCK trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +33%, against -23% for PKG.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Crown Holdings Inc (CCK)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $163.13; the price of $109.64 is 33% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 70/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $194.36; the price of $238.23 is 23% above that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 38/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricCCKPKG
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$109.64$238.23
Intrinsic value$163.13$194.36
Margin of safety+33%-23%
Leak Score70/100 (3/12)38/100 (10/12)
Market cap$11.9B$21.2B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.7%6.2%
Operating margin12.8%12.6%
Net margin5.9%7.2%
Return on equity27.2%14.8%
Debt to equity2.190.94
P/E15.8x31.0x
Forward P/E12.1x17.6x
P/B4.3x4.5x
Dividend yield1.3%2.2%

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