Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $198.19 Million Position in Crown Holdings, Inc. $CCK

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) by 1.7% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,977,123 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 32,112 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Crown were worth $198,186,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Crown in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. ORG Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Crown by 52.5% in the fourth quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 305 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Crown by 45.3% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 356 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Crown during the fourth quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Crown by 52.2% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 440 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Crown

Here are the key news stories impacting Crown this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target on Crown Holdings to $135 from $131 and reiterated an outperform rating, suggesting meaningful upside from current levels. Benzinga report
• Positive Sentiment: Crown Holdings declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share, which can appeal to income-focused investors and signals continued shareholder returns. Press release
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts remained constructive after the earnings beat, including Truist reaffirming Buy and Wells Fargo lifting its price target to $127, which adds to the bullish tone around the stock. Article
• Neutral Sentiment: UBS reportedly kept a Hold rating, indicating some analysts see the shares as fairly valued after the recent rally. UBS Hold report
• Negative Sentiment: J.P. Morgan reportedly downgraded Crown to Neutral after the strong run-up, which may reflect concerns that much of the good news is already priced in. Seeking Alpha report

Insider Transactions at Crown

In other Crown news, CEO Timothy J. Donahue sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.00, for a total transaction of $1,575,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 436,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,787,350. This represents a 3.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on CCK. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on Crown from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group set a $121.00 target price on Crown in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Crown from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $107.00 to $121.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Crown from $131.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Crown in a report on Wednesday. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Crown has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $128.20.

Crown Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:CCK opened at $117.88 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $104.60 and a 200-day moving average price of $105.16. Crown Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $89.21 and a 12 month high of $121.76. The company has a market cap of $13.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63.

Crown (NYSE:CCK) last announced its earnings results on Monday, July 20th. The industrial products company reported $2.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.16 by $0.33. The firm had revenue of $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.37 billion. Crown had a return on equity of 27.33% and a net margin of 5.91%.The business’s revenue was up 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.15 EPS. Crown has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.30 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.300-8.50 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Crown Holdings, Inc. will post 8.39 EPS for the current year.

Crown Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 6th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 6th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Crown’s payout ratio is presently 20.14%.

About Crown

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.