Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CCK) is a company in the Packaging & Containers industry and that’s how we contrast it to its peers. The contrasting will be based on the dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0% of Crown Holdings Inc.’s shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.79% of all Packaging & Containers’s companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Crown Holdings Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.06% of all Packaging & Containers companies shares are held by company insiders.

Profitability

On first table we have Crown Holdings Inc. and its peers’ return on assets, return on equity and net margins.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Holdings Inc.	3.94%	40.10%	2.30%
Industry Average	9.48%	21.59%	5.32%

Valuation & Earnings

In next table we are contrasting Crown Holdings Inc. and its peers’ gross revenue, net income and valuation.

	Net Income	Gross Revenue	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown Holdings Inc.	439.00M	11.15B	15.63
Industry Average	264.76M	2.79B	19.39

Crown Holdings Inc. has lower P/E Ratio, but higher revenue than its peers. With currently lower P/E ratio Crown Holdings Inc. is more affordable than its rivals.

Analyst Ratings

Table 3 shows summary of recent ratings for Crown Holdings Inc. and its peers.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Holdings Inc.	0	1	5	2.83
Industry Average	1.67	2.00	2.56	2.47

$56.8 is the average price target of Crown Holdings Inc., with a potential upside of 2.14%. As a group, Packaging & Containers companies have a potential upside of 12.62%. By having stronger average rating and higher probable upside, Crown Holdings Inc. make equities research analysts believe that the company is more favorable than its peers.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of Crown Holdings Inc. and its peers.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Crown Holdings Inc.	-0.24%	7.41%	9.04%	25.99%	10.76%	31.78%
Industry Average	4.02%	8.55%	8.54%	11.13%	19.05%	16.09%

For the past year Crown Holdings Inc. was more bullish than its rivals.

Liquidity

Crown Holdings Inc. has a Current Ratio of 1.1 and a Quick Ratio of 0.7. Competitively, Crown Holdings Inc.’s rivals Current Ratio is 1.93 and has 1.37 Quick Ratio. Crown Holdings Inc.’s rivals have better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Crown Holdings Inc.

Risk and Volatility

A beta of 1.67 shows that Crown Holdings Inc. is 67.00% more volatile than S&P 500. Competitively, Crown Holdings Inc.’s peers are 18.75% more volatile than S&P 500, because of the 1.19 beta.

Dividends

Crown Holdings Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Summary

Crown Holdings Inc.’s rivals beat on 4 of the 6 factors Crown Holdings Inc.

Crown Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells packaging products for consumer goods in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its primary products include steel and aluminum cans for food, beverage, household, and other consumer products; glass bottles for beverage products; and metal vacuum closures, steel crowns and caps. The company sells these products to the soft drink, food, citrus, brewing, household products, personal care, and various other industries. It also offers aerosol cans and ends; and promotional and specialty packaging containers with various lid and closure variations. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.