Silgan Holdings Inc (NYSE: SLGN) is -1.96% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $41.14 and a high of $58.14 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SLGN stock was last observed hovering at around $49.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.05%.
Currently trading at $51.03, the stock is 0.12% and -3.14% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 2.10% at the moment leaves the stock 0.21% off its SMA200. SLGN registered 12.90% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $52.693 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $50.8963.
The stock witnessed a -7.42% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.20%, and is 2.02% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.91% over the week and 2.30% over the month.
Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN) has around 17315 employees, a market worth around $5.45B and $5.85B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.77 and Fwd P/E is 11.40. Profit margin for the company is 4.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.04% and -12.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.95%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 13.68% this year
459.0 institutions hold shares in Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN), with institutional investors hold 97.09% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 106.79M, and float is at 87.14M with Short Float at 3.86%. Institutions hold 77.68% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 8.48 million shares valued at $358.96 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.9516 of the SLGN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 7.04 million shares valued at $297.84 million to account for 6.5861 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 6.38 million shares representing 5.9737 and valued at over $270.15 million, while FMR LLC holds 3.1317 of the shares totaling 3.35 million with a market value of $141.63 million.
Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Greenlee Adam J, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Greenlee Adam J sold 125,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $54.73 per share for a total of $6.84 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 13 ’25, LEWIS ROBERT B (EVP, Corp. Dev. & Admin.) disposed off 20,000 shares at an average price of $53.22 for $1.06 million. The insider now directly holds 152,133 shares of Silgan Holdings Inc (SLGN).
