---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:24:17.984368+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silgan Q4/FY2023 adj. EPS $0.63/$3.40; guides FY2024 adj. EPS $3.55-$3.75

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.3B (-8% YoY); adj. EPS $0.63 vs $0.85 in record Q4 2022; full year adj. EPS $3.40 (second highest).
- Dispensing & Specialty Closures Q4 adj. EBIT $87.0M (+17% YoY); Metal Containers adj. EBIT $40.8M (-40% YoY).
- FY2024 adj. EPS guidance $3.55-$3.75 (7% YoY growth midpoint); free cash flow ~$375M; capex ~$240M.
- Announced multi-year $50M cost reduction program; returned >$250M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends in 2023.
- Q1 2024 adj. EPS guidance $0.60-$0.70 vs $0.78 Q1 2023; destocking continues in early 2024 across segments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000004/0000849869-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000004/slgn-20240131.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-24-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-24-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SILGAN HOLDINGS INC reported full year 2023 results: revenue $6.0 billion, net income $326.0 million, EPS $2.98 per diluted share.
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Revenue: $6.0 billion
  - Net income: $326.0 million
  - EPS: $2.98 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: reported full year 2023 net sales of $6.0 billion and net income of $326.0 million, or $2.98 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000004/0000849869-24-000004-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  SILGAN HOLDINGS INC reported fourth quarter of 2023 results: revenue $1.3 billion, net income $64.4 million, EPS $0.60 per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $1.3 billion
  - Net income: $64.4 million
  - EPS: $0.60 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $1.3 billion, a decrease of $115.3 million, or 8%, as compared to the same period in the prior year predominantly as a result of lower volumes. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $64.4 million, or $0.60 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000004/0000849869-24-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.