Silgan Holdings (SLGN)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Standard products has led to market saturation Top Contributor: Jack Phiyong Mo | Created when NASDAQ:SLGN was $47.69 | Edit | History The worldwide food and beverage can markets have experienced limited growth in demand in recent years. Food and beverage cans are standardized products, allowing for relatively little differentiation among competitors. This has led to overcapacity and price competition among food and beverage producers, as capacity growth outpaced the growth in demand for food and beverage cans and overall manufacturing capacity exceeded demand. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Significant pension plan obligations could affect financial growth negatively Top Contributor: Jack Phiyong Mo | Created when NASDAQ:SLGN was $47.69 | Edit | History The Company has significant pension plan obligations worldwide and significant unfunded U.S. post-retirement obligations, which could reduce its cash flow and negatively impact its financial condition. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Lots of debt Top Contributor: Jack Phiyong Mo | Created when NASDAQ:SLGN was $47.69 | Edit | History Crown Holdings is highly leveraged with $955.6 million of total indebtedness. As a result of its substantial debt, a significant portion of SLGN's cash flow is required to pay interest and principal on its outstanding indebtedness and Silgan may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or have future borrowings available under its credit facilities, to enable it to pay its indebtedness or to fund other liquidity needs. (100 character max) Cancel

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