Crown Holdings Inc vs Smurfit WestRock plc

Crown Holdings Inc (CCK) is undervalued and Smurfit WestRock plc (SW) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CCK trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +33%, against -27% for SW.

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

Smurfit WestRock plc (SW)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $36.68; the price of $46.45 is 27% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricCCKSW
VerdictUndervaluedOvervalued
Price$109.64$46.45
Intrinsic value$163.13$36.68
Margin of safety+33%-27%
Leak Score70/100 (3/12)0/100 (2/12)
Market cap$11.9B$24.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.7%26.2%
Operating margin12.8%5.8%
Net margin5.9%1.6%
Return on equity27.2%2.7%
Debt to equity2.190.79
P/E15.8x49.4x
Forward P/E12.1x13.3x
P/B4.3x1.4x
Dividend yield1.3%4.0%

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