Cwm LLC Buys 8,436 Shares of Crown Holdings, Inc. $CCK

Cwm LLC boosted its stake in shares of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) by 11.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 80,511 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 8,436 shares during the period. Cwm LLC owned approximately 0.07% of Crown worth $8,290,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CCK. Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in Crown by 24.1% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 48,920 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,367,000 after buying an additional 9,497 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its position in Crown by 39.4% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 4,109 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $367,000 after buying an additional 1,161 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. bought a new position in Crown during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $111,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in Crown by 6.3% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 5,917 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $528,000 after buying an additional 351 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Crown by 23.7% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 666,262 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $59,471,000 after buying an additional 127,737 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Crown

In other news, COO Djalma Novaes, Jr. sold 29,734 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.80, for a total value of $3,413,463.20. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 88,052 shares in the company, valued at $10,108,369.60. The trade was a 25.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Timothy J. Donahue sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.85, for a total value of $801,375.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 451,070 shares in the company, valued at $48,196,829.50. The trade was a 1.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 59,734 shares of company stock worth $6,619,863 over the last quarter. 0.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have commented on CCK shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Crown in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. UBS Group cut their price target on Crown from $126.00 to $120.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Crown from $111.00 to $109.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on Crown in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They set a “buy” rating and a $124.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Crown from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Crown currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $124.40.

Crown Price Performance

NYSE CCK opened at $107.32 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $12.05 billion, a PE ratio of 16.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.03. The business’s fifty day moving average is $107.14 and its 200 day moving average is $102.42. Crown Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $83.23 and a fifty-two week high of $116.62.

Crown (NYSE:CCK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.99 billion. Crown had a return on equity of 26.68% and a net margin of 5.97%.Crown’s quarterly revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.59 earnings per share. Crown has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.300 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.700-1.800 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Crown Holdings, Inc. will post 6.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Crown Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th were given a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. This is a boost from Crown’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 17th. Crown’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.98%.

Crown Profile

Crown Holdings, Inc is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products for consumer goods markets. The company designs, manufactures and sells metal packaging for beverage, food, household, personal care and specialty products. Its portfolio includes aluminum and steel beverage cans, steel food cans, aluminum aerosols, metal closures and ends, offering customers end-to-end solutions from design and prototyping to large-scale production.

Founded in 1919 as the Crown Cork & Seal Company, Crown has grown through strategic acquisitions and investments in advanced manufacturing technologies.