Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
64/100
Moderate

Ranked against 25 peers in Packaging & Containers

About Silgan Holdings Inc.

Silgan Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells rigid packaging solutions for consumer goods products in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Dispensing and Specialty Closures, Metal Containers, and Custom Containers. The company offers integrated dispensing packaging solutions, and proprietary metal and plastic specialty closures, as well as capping/sealing equipment and detection systems for … Full SLGN analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.78), suggesting sticky customer base.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where SLGN ranks in Packaging & Containers

Silgan Holdings Inc. ranks #8 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score — the top 31%. The widest moat in the group is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
4 Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK 72/100 Moderate
5 Karat Packaging Inc. KRT 71/100 Moderate
6 Packaging Corporation of Americ PKG 71/100 Moderate
7 Ball Corporation BALL 64/100 Moderate
8 Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN 64/100 Moderate
9 Sonoco Products Company SON 61/100 Moderate
10 Myers Industries, Inc. MYE 59/100 Moderate
11 Graphic Packaging Holding Compa GPK 53/100 Moderate
12 Greif, Inc. Corporation GEF-B 50/100 Moderate

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How SLGN scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 70 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 74 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 76 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 64 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 50 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 50 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SLGN's moat

What is Silgan Holdings Inc.'s moat score?

Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) scores 64 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #8 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers, the top 31%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (76/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (50/100).

How does Silgan Holdings Inc. compare with other Packaging & Containers companies?

Silgan Holdings Inc. ranks #8 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score. The widest moat in Packaging & Containers is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Ball Corporation (BALL) at 64 just above it and Sonoco Products Company (SON) at 61 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Silgan Holdings Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Silgan Holdings Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SLGN scores: Pricing Power (70), Cost Advantage (74), Customer Stickiness (76), Capital Efficiency (64), Resilience (50), Scale & Market Position (50). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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