Crown (CCK) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

For the quarter ended September 2025, Crown Holdings (CCK) reported revenue of $3.2 billion, up 4.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.24, compared to $1.99 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.34% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.19 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.98, the EPS surprise was +13.13%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Crown performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• External Sales- Americas Beverage: $1.42 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.49 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.6%.
• External Sales- European Beverage: $658 million versus $640.06 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +14.8% change.
• External Sales- Transit Packaging: $517 million compared to the $498.93 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.7% year over year.
• External Sales- Other segments: $351 million versus $331.08 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.7% change.
• External Sales- Asia Pacific: $259 million versus $276.2 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.8% change.
• Segment Income- Americas Beverage: $255 million compared to the $282.74 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Segment Income- European Beverage: $109 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $96.29 million.
• Segment Income- Transit Packaging: $70 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $62.29 million.
• Segment Income- Other segments: $51 million compared to the $30.63 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Segment Income- Corporate and other: $-39 million versus $-42.5 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Segment Income- Asia Pacific: $44 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $45.15 million.

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Shares of Crown have returned -0.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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