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Crown Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Crown Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 25.6% and a net margin of 6.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin4.2%4.1%3.3%6.6%3.7%4.3%4.5%6.0%3.7%3.9%4.4%6.2%−4.9%5.6%3.7%3.6%6.0%5.8%
Return on equity————————66.2%56.8%38.5%29.6%−27.3%38.7%21.1%16.4%25.6%26.8%
Return on assets5.1%4.8%4.1%7.8%4.2%4.4%4.0%5.0%3.2%3.4%3.6%3.9%−3.7%5.2%3.1%2.9%5.2%5.5%
Effective tax rate1.5%26.9%33.0%−2.6%25.7%8.3%27.9%24.2%48.4%29.2%21.6%27.4%—23.0%27.9%24.6%24.2%25.5%
R&D as % of revenue0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.5%0.4%0.5%0.4%0.5%0.4%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%—
SG&A as % of revenue4.8%4.5%4.6%4.5%4.9%4.4%4.5%4.4%4.2%5.0%4.8%5.7%5.1%4.3%4.8%5.1%5.1%4.7%
Dividends ÷ net income——————————0.0%0.0%—14.6%25.6%28.1%16.3%18.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $14.6bn
Short-term assets $4.9bnLonger-term assets $9.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $7.3bn
Short-term liabilities $4.3bnShareholders' equity $2.9bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.9bn of assets due within a year against $4.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $629m of cash against $5.8bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 199% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 311% to 199% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.6bn of operating cash flow against $5.8bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.6bn against $394m of interest.

From Crown Holdings, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Crown Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 15.6%, moving by 1.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 12 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 11.1%; its worst year was 9.5%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 5.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 16.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Crown Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Crown Holdings, Inc.