Crown (CCK) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Crown Holdings (CCK) reported $3.13 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.7%. EPS of $1.74 for the same period compares to $1.59 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.63% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.05 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.69, the EPS surprise was +2.72%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

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: $1.47 billion versus $1.51 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.2% change.
• External Sales- European Beverage: $520 million compared to the $508.19 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14% year over year.
• External Sales- Transit Packaging: $501 million compared to the $511.35 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2% year over year.
• External Sales- Other segments: $331 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $313.61 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.2%.
• External Sales- Asia Pacific: $302 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $308.37 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -2%.
• Segment Income- Americas Beverage: $271 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $269.17 million.
• Segment Income- European Beverage: $61 million versus $57.92 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Segment Income- Transit Packaging: $56 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $62.64 million.
• Segment Income- Other segments: $33 million compared to the $35.23 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Segment Income- Corporate and other: $-43 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-43 million.
• Segment Income- Asia Pacific: $42 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $46.37 million.

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Shares of Crown have returned +7.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% 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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