Crown Holdings Inc vs Sonoco Products Co

Crown Holdings Inc (CCK) is undervalued and Sonoco Products Co (SON) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, SON trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +48%, against +33% for CCK.

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

Sonoco Products Co (SON)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $97.75; the price of $50.69 is 48% below that value, and 85% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 86/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricCCKSON
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$109.64$50.69
Intrinsic value$163.13$97.75
Margin of safety+33%+48%
Leak Score70/100 (3/12)86/100 (3/12)
Market cap$11.9B$5.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.7%7.5%
Operating margin12.8%10.0%
Net margin5.9%8.7%
Return on equity27.2%18.9%
Debt to equity2.191.33
P/E15.8x7.8x
Forward P/E12.1x8.0x
P/B4.3x1.4x
Dividend yield1.3%4.2%

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