CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS (Form 8-K)

CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS

Tampa, FL - February 4, 2026. Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

Highlights

Fourth Quarter

•Diluted earnings per share of $1.31

•Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 9% to $1.74

Full Year

•Diluted earnings per share of $6.38

•Record adjusted diluted earnings per share of $7.79, an increase of 22%

•Operating cash flow of $1,530 million

•Record adjusted free cash flow of $1,146 million, more than $10.00 per share

•Returned $625 million to shareholders, in excess of $5.50 per share

•Net leverage ratio reduced to 2.5x from 2.7x at end of 2024

2026 Outlook

•Expect full year 2026 adjusted diluted earnings per share in the range of $7.90 - $8.30

•Expect full year 2026 adjusted free cash flow of approximately $900 million

Timothy J. Donahue, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated "The Company continued its strong momentum during the fourth quarter to complete an excellent year. In 2025, the Company achieved record adjusted EBITDA of approximately $2.1 billion, an 8% increase over 2024. Over the past three years, Crown has increased adjusted EBITDA by 20%, supported by our culture of continuous improvement and focused capacity expansions. Solid performance throughout the global beverage can and the North American tinplate businesses in 2025 drove segment income expansion of over 8%, building on the strong growth of 6% and 7% delivered in 2024 and 2023, respectively.

"The Company also generated record free cash flow of $1.15 billion in 2025 and nearly $2 billion over the past two years. In 2025, we returned $625 million to shareholders in the form of quarterly dividends and repurchases of common stock while also reducing the Company's net leverage ratio from 2.7x at the end of 2024 to 2.5x. This represents the lowest net leverage ratio for the Company in more than fifteen years.

"Our pursuit of commercial and operational excellence has delivered strong financial results, a sound balance sheet, and ultimately, higher shareholder value. As we look ahead to 2026, the Company will continue to use its robust free cash flow to make strategic investments in growth and return value to shareholders through dividends and repurchases of its common stock."

Fourth Quarter Results

Net sales in the fourth quarter were $3,127 million compared to $2,903 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 reflecting increased shipments in European Beverage, the pass-through of $189 million in higher material costs and favorable foreign currency translation of $58 million, partially offset by lower volumes in both Asia Pacific and Transit Packaging.

Income from operations was $374 million in the fourth quarter compared to $351 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. Segment income in the fourth quarter of 2025 was $420 million compared to $428 million in the prior year fourth quarter as higher European Beverage volumes were offset by lower volumes in Latin America and Transit Packaging.

Net income attributable to Crown Holdings in the fourth quarter was $150 million compared to $358 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, which included the $275 million gain on the Eviosys equity investment sale. Reported diluted earnings per share were $1.31 in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to $3.02 in 2024. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $1.74 compared to $1.59 in 2024.

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Full Year Results

Net sales for 2025 were $12,365 million compared to $11,801 million in 2024 reflecting increased shipments in European Beverage and the North America tinplate businesses, the pass-through of $507 million in higher material costs and favorable foreign currency translation of $84 million, partially offset by lower volumes in both Asia Pacific and Transit Packaging.

Income from operations was $1,553 million in 2025 compared to $1,419 million in 2024. Segment income for 2025 was $1,784 million compared to $1,645 million in 2024 reflecting higher shipments in European Beverage and the North America tinplate businesses and the benefits from improved global manufacturing performance.

Net income attributable to Crown Holdings in 2025 was $738 million compared to $424 million in 2024. Reported diluted earnings per share were $6.38 compared to $3.55 in 2024. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $7.79 compared to $6.41 in 2024.

Outlook

"We had an excellent year in 2025 with adjusted EPS up 22% to $7.79 and we generated record adjusted free cash flow of approximately $1.15 billion," commented Kevin C. Clothier, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "We expect another strong year in 2026 with adjusted earnings per share between $7.90 and $8.30 and adjusted free cash flow of approximately $900 million. Capital spending to support our growth objectives is currently estimated at $550 million and includes capacity expansions and facility upgrades in Brazil, Greece and Spain."

The Company expects first quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $1.70 to $1.80.

Non-GAAP Measures

Segment income, adjusted free cash flow, net debt, adjusted net leverage ratio, adjusted net income, the adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted diluted earnings per share, net interest expense, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not defined terms under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP measures). Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for income from operations, cash flow, leverage ratio, net income, effective tax rates, diluted earnings per share or interest expense and interest income prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to calculations of similarly titled measures by other companies.

The Company views segment income as the principal measure of the performance of its operations and adjusted free cash flow and adjusted net leverage ratio as the principal measures of its liquidity. The Company considers all of these measures in the allocation of resources. Adjusted free cash flow has certain limitations, however, including that it does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since other non-discretionary expenditures, such as mandatory debt service requirements, are not deducted from the measure. The amount of mandatory versus discretionary expenditures can vary significantly between periods. The Company believes that adjusted free cash flow and adjusted net leverage ratio provide meaningful measures of liquidity and a useful basis for assessing the Company's ability to fund its activities, including the financing of acquisitions, debt repayments, share repurchases or dividends. The Company believes that adjusted net income, segment income, the adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted diluted earnings per share are useful in evaluating the Company's operations as these measures are adjusted for items that affect comparability between periods. Segment income, adjusted free cash flow, net debt, adjusted net leverage ratio, adjusted net income, the adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted diluted earnings per share, net interest expense, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are derived from the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations, Cash Flows and Consolidated Balance Sheets, as applicable, and reconciliations to segment income, adjusted free cash flow, net debt, adjusted net leverage ratio, adjusted net income, the adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted diluted earnings per share and adjusted EBITDA can be found within this release. Reconciliations of estimated adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted free cash flow, the adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted net leverage ratio for the first quarter and full year of 2026 to estimated diluted earnings per share, operating cash flow, the effective tax rate and income from operations on a GAAP basis are not provided in this release due to the unavailability of estimates of the following, the timing and magnitude of which the Company is unable to reliably forecast without unreasonable efforts, which are excluded from estimated adjusted diluted earnings per share, the adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted net leverage ratio and could have a significant impact on earnings per share, the effective tax rate and income from operations on a GAAP basis: gains or losses on the sale of businesses or other assets, restructuring and other costs, asset impairment charges, asbestos-related charges, losses from early extinguishment of debt, pension settlement and curtailment charges, the tax and noncontrolling interest impact of the items above, and the impact of tax law changes or other tax matters.

Conference Call

The Company will hold a conference call tomorrow, February 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (EST) to discuss this news release. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed on the conference call. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 630-395-0194 or toll-free 888-324-8108 and the access password is "packaging." A live webcast of the call will be made available to

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the public on the internet at the Company's website, www.crowncork.com. A replay of the conference call will be available for a one-week period ending at midnight on February 12, 2026. The telephone numbers for the replay are 203-369-0896 or toll free 866-427-6407.