Crown Holdings Stock Price, News & Analysis
Company Description
Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) is a manufacturing company focused on metal packaging and related products. According to company disclosures and recent news releases, Crown Holdings, through its subsidiaries, is a global supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies and provides transit and protective packaging products, equipment and services to a broad range of end markets. The company’s world headquarters are located in Tampa, Florida.
Based on information from Polygon and company communications, Crown Holdings is involved in the production of metal packaging, including beverage cans, metal food cans, closures and aerosol cans. With the purchase of Signode, the company also gained a presence in protective transport packaging. The business operates in the broader manufacturing sector with a specific focus on metal can manufacturing and packaging systems that support the movement and protection of goods.
Crown Holdings reports its performance using segment income and other non-GAAP measures. In recent financial releases, the company has highlighted segment income and adjusted free cash flow as principal measures of operational performance and liquidity. Segment information disclosed in quarterly results shows activity across areas such as Americas Beverage, European Beverage, Asia Pacific, Transit Packaging and other operations, which include food can, aerosol can and closures businesses in North America, as well as beverage tooling and equipment operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The company’s public filings and press releases emphasize that segment income is defined as income from operations adjusted to exclude intangibles amortization charges and provisions for restructuring and other items. Crown Holdings notes that it considers segment income, adjusted free cash flow, adjusted net leverage ratio, adjusted net income, the adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted diluted earnings per share, net interest expense, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA when assessing performance and allocating resources. These measures are derived from its consolidated financial statements and are reconciled in its earnings releases.
Crown Holdings’ capital structure and financing activities are also a notable part of its profile. The company and its subsidiaries have issued various debt securities, including senior notes and debentures. Recent filings describe offerings of senior unsecured notes through Crown European Holdings S.A. and the redemption or tender of existing notes and debentures, such as 2.875% senior notes due 2026 and 7 3/8% debentures due 2026. These transactions reflect the company’s ongoing management of its debt profile, including redemptions, tender offers and new note issuances.
According to Form 8-K filings, Crown Holdings is incorporated in Pennsylvania. Its common stock, with a par value of $5.00 per share, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CCK. Certain debentures have also been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under separate symbols, and a Form 25 filing in December 2025 relates to the removal from listing and/or registration of 7.375% debentures due December 15, 2026. This Form 25 concerns that specific class of debentures and does not describe a delisting of the company’s common stock.
Crown Holdings regularly communicates with investors through earnings releases, conference calls and related webcasts. The company schedules quarterly earnings calls to discuss its financial results, segment performance and outlook, often accompanied by detailed unaudited consolidated statements of operations, balance sheets, cash flows, segment information and supplemental data. These communications also include discussions of non-GAAP measures, explanations of their use and reconciliations to GAAP metrics.
Overall, Crown Holdings, Inc. represents a manufacturing and packaging business centered on metal packaging for beverages and food, closures, aerosol cans and transit and protective packaging. Its operations span multiple geographic segments and product categories, supported by a capital structure that includes common stock and various debt instruments. The company’s disclosures focus on segment-based performance, liquidity measures and the role of packaging products and services in serving consumer marketing companies and other end markets.