profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ardagh Metal Packaging
$4.79+1.48% today
+40.9% in 1 year
1-year low $3.341-year high $5.36
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $260.27 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ardagh Metal Packaging sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.69 billion in 2022 to $5.50 billion in 2025, with $11.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ardagh Metal Packaging handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $289M$262M
Free cash flow 2025$265M
Bought back its own shares$289M
Paid as dividends$262M
Cash vs. debt$516M vs. $4.4B
Ardagh Metal Packaging vs. similar companies
Ardagh Metal Packaging grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardagh Metal Packaging | 260.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Smurfit Westrock | 33.2× · Expensive | ||
 Packaging Corporation of America | 29.3× · Fair price | ||
 Amcor | 18.8× · Fair price | ||
 International Paper | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ardagh Metal Packaging's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,689 | 4,812 | 4,908 | 5,497 | |
| 526 | 474 | 630 | 681 | |
| 176 | 76 | 202 | 244 | |
| 743 | 494 | 629 | 653 | |
| 237 | -50 | -3 | 11 | |
| 0.38 | -0.12 | -0.05 | -0.02 | |
| 11.2% | 9.9% | 12.8% | 12.4% | |
| 3.8% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 4.4% | |
| 5.1% | -1.0% | -0.1% | 0.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,865 | 5,669 | 5,462 | 5,679 |
| Cash | 550 | 434 | 602 | 516 |
| Total debt | 3,592 | 3,734 | 3,902 | 4,419 |
| Total liabilities | 5,410 | 5,563 | 5,598 | 6,354 |
| 455 | 100 | -142 | -683 | |
| 601 | 598 | 598 | 598 | |
| 7.5% | 1.6% | 3.8% | 4.0% | |
| 52.1% | -50.0% | 2.1% | -1.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 616 | 450 | 449 | |
| 596 | 379 | 187 | 184 | |
| -391 | 237 | 263 | 265 | |
| Dividends paid | 251 | 263 | 264 | 262 |
| 36 | 0 | 0 | 289 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 260.3×
- 19.3×
- –
- -3.4×
- 0.5×
- 10.8×
- 10.4×
- 9.3%
- 0.4%
- 10.1%
Profitability
- 12.4%
- 4.4%
- 0.2%
- 12.1%
- 6.9%
- -0.4%
- -2.1%
- 0.2%
- 7.3%
- –
Growth
- +5.4%
- –
- +0.8%
- –
- +2.6%
Financial health
- 6.2×
- -6.42
- 82.6%
- 1.4×
- 1.06
- 0.74
- 1.06
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 43%of 976
Bottom 25%of 991
Bottom 1%of 850
Bottom 39%of 991
Top 23%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $4.52
- Range
- $4.25 – $5.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 0.05 | 0.04 | +25.0% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 0.03 | 0.02 | +50.0% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 0.08 | 0.07 | +14.3% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 0.08 | 0.07 | +14.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 0.02 | 0.01 | +100.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 0.03 | 0.02 | +50.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.08 | 0.07 | +14.3% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 0.06 | 0.07 | −14.3% |
10.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$101a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.30 in 2022 → $0.40 in 2025
How safe it looks
2,381.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 98.9%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
22No pass
Benjamin Graham
10No pass
Philip Fisher
17No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
8No pass
Terry Smith
16No pass
Questions about Ardagh Metal Packaging
Is Ardagh Metal Packaging a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ardagh Metal Packaging AI analysis
What does Ardagh Metal Packaging do?
Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. supplies metal beverage cans in Europe, the United States, and Brazil. It is in Packaging & Containers, based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, with 6,500 employees.
Does Ardagh Metal Packaging pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.1% a year. In 2025 it paid out $262 million in dividends.
Is Ardagh Metal Packaging stock halal?
No. Ardagh Metal Packaging does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 154% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Ardagh Metal Packaging stock done over the past year?
Up 40.9% over the past twelve months, to $4.79. It traded between $3.34 and $5.36 and is 10.6% below its high.
Who are Ardagh Metal Packaging's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Smurfit Westrock, Packaging Corporation of America, Amcor and International Paper. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ardagh Metal Packaging's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.