secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. (CCK)
CIK:        0001219601
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001219601-24-000024
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Crown Holdings Q2 adjusted EPS $1.81 beats $1.68 YoY; raises FY EPS guidance to $6.00-$6.25
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- Q2 net sales $3,040M (-2% vs $3,109M); segment income $437M (+5.6% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.81 vs $1.68.
- Global beverage can shipments +6% (North America +9%); Europe, Latin America exceeded long-term growth expectations.
- Net leverage reduced to 3.2x from 4.0x; expects year-end below 3.0x with Eviosys sale proceeds closing H2 2024.
- FY EPS guidance raised to $6.00-$6.25 (prior $5.80-$6.20); free cash flow guided ≥$750M.
- Record first-half free cash flow $178M; expects to resume share repurchases while targeting 2.5x net leverage.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1219601/000121960124000024/0001219601-24-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1219601/000121960124000024/cck-20240722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001219601-24-000024

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