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Charles Gross
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Silgan's increased focus on plastic packaging is a long-term negative trend.

We believe Silgan’s announced purchase of WestRock’s Home, Health, and Beauty segment makes sense for both companies. The business generated roughly $570 million in sales and $108 million in adjusted EBITDA during calendar year 2016. The purchase price of $1.025 billion, or roughly 9.5 EV/EBITDA, was a fair price for WestRock and was a favorable price for Silgan under our assumption that it can achieve close to its targeted $15 million in synergies by 2018. We've maintained our $41 fair value es...
Underlying
Silgan Holdings Inc.

Silgan Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures rigid packaging for consumer goods products. The company operates three businesses; its metal container business, which used primarily by processors and packagers for food products, such as vegetables, soup, proteins, tomato based products, adult nutritional drinks and fruit ; its closures business, which manufactures metal and plastic closures and dispensing systems for food and beverage and health care products; and its plastic container business, which manufactures custom designed and stock plastic containers for personal care and health care products, including containers for mouthwash, shampoos, and conditioners.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Charles Gross

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