Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CCK scored 60.9, AVY scored 64.0 — AVY leads.
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CCK
Crown Holdings, Inc.
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
60.9
$108.26 · $11.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.1
AVY leads
AVY
Avery Dennison Corporation
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
64
$167.82 · $12.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCCK15.6x
Fastest growthAVY+5.8%
Strongest balance sheetAVY1.59
Highest qualityAVY82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCCK-59%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CCK
stronger →← stronger
AVY
78
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
54
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
58
54
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
55
AVY is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CCK
AVY
$1.2bC+
FCF
$1.1bC+
+4.8%C+
Rev
+5.8%C+
1.86C+
D/E
1.59C+
15.6xB+
P/E
18.4xB
0.64A-
PEG
1.92C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CCK
AVY
59% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
35% below
~-15%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-5%/yr
+135%
1-yr DCF upside
+50%
+141%
5-yr DCF upside
+54%
+150%
10-yr DCF upside
+60%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CCK
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
AVY
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
CCKCrown Holdings, Inc.
Packaging & Containers · $108.26 · beta 0.56
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $11.8b. 12% off the 52-week high of $122.91. PEG 0.64 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $134.93 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
ROE 27% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 153% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
AVYAvery Dennison Corporation
Packaging & Containers · $167.82 · beta 0.80
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $12.7b. 16% off the 52-week high of $199.54. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $199.60 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
ROE 30% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 151% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
CCK leads AVY by 11.7 points (75.3 to 63.6), its sharpest advantage coming in PEG (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer AVY, which trades about 36% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — AVY screens as growth, CCK screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where CCK and AVY diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.1 points in favor of AVY. The widest single difference is Quality, where AVY leads by 4.0 points.
QualityCCK 77.7 · AVY 81.7AVY +4.0
GrowthCCK 54.0 · AVY 58.0AVY +4.0
ValueCCK 53.9 · AVY 55.3level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is AVY or CCK the better stock?
AVY scores higher: AVY 64.0, CCK 60.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do AVY and CCK differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where AVY leads by 4 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. AVY also leads growth, while value is effectively level between them.
How are AVY and CCK scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.