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SILGAN HOLDINGS INC

SLGN · Industrials · $4.9B mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Shallow moat ·

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The five investor questions

48

2021–2025 (latest 5 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $5.7B to $6.5B, increasing; diluted EPS 3.23 to 2.70, decreasing.

28

Median gross margin 16.3% over 10y, very stable.

21

Median ROIC 9.9%, above the 12% hurdle in 0% of years.

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Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet.

65

Owner earnings changed +7.8%/yr over up to the ten most recent annual observations, share count n/a.

The balanceSheet component abstained: Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

Price vs. value if growth stopped today

A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.

Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today
22% above value if growth stopped today
$362M
$38.19
$38.19
$46.43
22% above value if growth stopped today

What today’s price assumes: owner earnings growing ~4%/yr over 5 years. The zero-growth estimate assumes owner earnings stay flat (0% growth).

How to read this

We solve for the constant annual change in owner earnings that would make the five-year zero-growth estimate equal today’s price. This keeps the existing model inputs and calculation unchanged; it is an expectations lens, not a forecast.

This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. The recent FY revenue series does not trigger the three-consecutive-declines flag.

Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 239% above the zero-growth estimate across 48 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.

Score records captured Jul 26, 2026.

Exactly which 50 companies?

FTNT, META, MEDP, IBEX, MSFT, GOOGL, LULU, ANF, IDXX, TXRH, FHI, QLYS, FFIV, ADBE, LLY, MANH, VEEV, GRMN, SSD, MNST, DOCS, MCO, CPRT, NTAP, LRCX, NVDA, CORT, SFM, MPTI, ULTA, SN, RMD, ROL, PAYC, IRMD, INTU, DECK, MORN, LGCY, DAL, GWW, ISRG, MPWR, CTAS, LOPE, MRK, CMG, FAST, BKNG, ORLY

Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF, BKNG.

Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 0% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.

19 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC booked $6.5B of revenue in FY2025 in the Industrials sector and kept 17.7% of it as gross profit — a thin-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, 4.4% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $3.1B (FY2008) to $6.5B (FY2025) — about 4.4% a year compounded over 17 years.

ROIC is not available for the latest filed year, FY2025. Across the full 12-year measurable filed record, median ROIC was 11.1%. Over the v3 recent window (4 measurable filed years), median ROIC was 9.9%. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 21/100.

The balance sheet carried $4.4B of total debt in FY2025 against $300M of owner earnings — roughly 14.5 years of owner earnings to retire it all.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2007–FY2025 · 19 fiscal years, normalized from SLGN’s SEC filings

Sales, as filed$6.5B FY2025
$0$2.5B$5B2007201320192025
Revenue kept after cost of goods17.7% FY2025
0%10%2007201320192025
Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICROIC 9.0% FY2019
0%20%40%2007201320192025
Cash an owner could take out$300M FY2025
$0$200M$400M2007201320192025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in SLGN’s filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

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How SILGAN HOLDINGS INC makes its money

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC's filing does not supply enough comparable lines for a truthful flow chart — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$6.5B100%
Cost of revenue$5.3B82%
$1.1B18%
Income before tax$409M6%
Income tax$123M2%
$288M4%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What SILGAN HOLDINGS INC owns — and owes

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC's filing tags don't support a full breakdown — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of assetsSource
Total assets$9.4B100%
Cash and equivalents$1.1B11%
$4.4B46%
Stockholders’ equity$2.3B24%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What drives SILGAN HOLDINGS INC’s return on equity?

One or more filed inputs needed for the five-factor decomposition are unavailable.

DuPont source inputs
InputValueFiscal yearSource
Net income$288MFY2025
Income before tax$409MFY2025
Operating incomeUnavailableFY2025
Revenue$6.5BFY2025
Ending assets$9.4BFY2025
Beginning assets$8.6BFY2024
Ending equity$2.3BFY2025
Beginning equity$2.0BFY2024
Source:
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001628280-26-012202
· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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Where SILGAN HOLDINGS INC's cash went

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC’s filing does not supply enough provenance-matched cash-flow lines for a truthful flow chart — here’s what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of cash from operationsSource
Cash from operations$730M100%
Depreciation and amortization$319M44%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

Curated 19-manager tier

Who reported holding SILGAN HOLDINGS INC

Delayed public 13F reports for 2026-Q1—not live positions, trades, or recommendations.

0 holding0 exited0 not holding0/19 resolved19 unavailable

Named manager positions and quarter-over-quarter changes
ManagerReported positionQuarter-over-quarterFiling accession
Abrams CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Akre CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Baupost GroupUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Berkshire HathawayUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Brave Warrior AdvisorsUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Dodge & CoxUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
First EagleUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
FundsmithUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gardner Russo & QuinnUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gates Foundation TrustUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Mairs & PowerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Markel / Markel-GaynerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Oakmark / Harris AssociatesUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Pershing SquareUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Polen CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Sequoia / Ruane CunniffUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Southeastern Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Tweedy, BrowneUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Yacktman Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable

Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

Source: Filing source unavailable · event Mar 31, 2026 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026

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What SILGAN HOLDINGS INC insiders reported

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.

Partial coverage: the incomplete Form 4 walk cannot establish no activity, an activity date, or zero counts.

Moat Score history

16 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale40.6 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 20, 2026Jul 26, 2026

Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.

Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

  1. Normalizer upgraded unstamped (version unknown)moat-xbrl-normalizer@1.1.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 26, 2026
  2. Methodology upgraded moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@3.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 23, 2026
  3. Methodology upgraded moat-index@1.2.0moat-index@2.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 20, 2026

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Insider activity

Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”

These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.

This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.

Trailing-12-month totals and the 90-day cluster result are withheld because this issuer walk is incomplete.

No reported Form 4 rows were captured for SLGN; the incomplete walk cannot establish zero activity, zero counts, or a negative cluster result.

A filing source-event date will appear when a Form 4 row is captured.

Retrieved .

Track record

How SILGAN HOLDINGS INC’s moat rated in each of the years we can reconstruct from its filings — scored only on what was knowable at the time — and what its price and returns did afterward. The score never saw a price; the two are joined only in hindsight, for education, not as a signal.

Point-in-time scores 2011–2025, one methodology version · reconstructed from filings on file each Dec 31 — never with hindsight

Point-in-time Moat Score (dot colored by tier)Indexed price (total-return (dividends reinvested))Rated Wide-moat that year

How to read this: each dot is what the engine would have scored SLGN on that December 31; the line below is its total-return price path (dividends reinvested) in the years since.

0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatPoint-in-time Moat Score100200Indexed price · log scale (2012 = 100)201120142017202020232026

Two tracks, one timeline: the score has its own 0–100 scale (top), the price its own 100-based scale (bottom) — never a shared axis. The price path is a total-return (dividends reinvested) index built from the same data the forward returns use; gaps in the score line are years with no reconstructed rating (see the table for why). The Table view carries every value.

What followed, in the years it rated Wide

In the reconstructed history shown, SLGN did not rate Wide-moat in any year, so there is no wide-moat track record to report. That absence is itself the honest answer — we don’t manufacture a comparison where the rating never earned one.

Industrials context

#233 of 428 scored Industrials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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  4. #235FWRD FORWARD AIR CORP40.3Shallow moat

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Common questions about SLGN

Does SILGAN HOLDINGS INC have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores SILGAN HOLDINGS INC (SLGN) 40.6 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 48, pricing power 28, returns on capital 21, balance-sheet safety not measurable from the filings, capital allocation 65.
Is SLGN trading below the conservative owner-earnings estimate?
The value if growth stopped today — a zero-growth baseline — is $38.19 per share. It capitalizes normalized owner earnings at a 9% rate and assumes 0% growth. Versus a recent price of $46.43, that is 22% above value if growth stopped today. The model also publishes a capped-growth comparison, but the zero-growth estimate is the cautious baseline. It assumes trailing owner earnings persist and is unreliable for declining businesses. This is an educational estimate from primary SEC filings, not intrinsic value as a fact or investment advice.
How has SLGN's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 16 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 40.6 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell SLGN. See the disclaimer.