Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Is Back In Focus, What Is Catching Attention Now?
Silgan Holdings (SLGN) is back in focus after recent trading left the stock down 15% over the past month and about 20% over the past 3 months, prompting fresh questions around valuation.
Silgan Holdings has moved from a relatively mild 7 day share price gain of 0.86% to a much sharper fall of about 15% over 30 days and roughly 20% over 90 days. This leaves the 1 year total shareholder return down 17.66%, despite a smaller 5 year total shareholder return decline of 4.46%.
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Silgan Holdings now trades at a sizeable discount to analyst targets and estimated fair value, even after a year of weak total returns. Is this caution justified, or has the pendulum swung too far on valuation?
Most Popular Narrative: 36% Undervalued
Silgan Holdings last closed at $35.05, while the most followed narrative pegs fair value at about $54.92 based on discounted future earnings, which puts the recent share price slide in a very different light.
The main factor that has to go right is that Dispensing and Specialty Closures and pet food metal containers continue to deliver volume and EBIT growth that offsets mix headwinds, raw material cost lags and pockets of weakness such as Brazil.
The current valuation implies the market is giving limited credit for the guidance range on adjusted EPS, the contribution from Dispensing and Specialty Closures now representing more than half of adjusted EBITDA, and the company’s ability to generate significant free cash flow while staying within its leverage targets.
See why 4 investors see Silgan Holdings as 36% undervalued.
Result: Fair Value of $54.92 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, the narrative around Silgan Holdings can snap quickly if weakness in Brazil deepens or if higher resin costs linger and continue to squeeze segment EBIT.
Find out about the key risks to this Silgan Holdings narrative.
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