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Metal Cans: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 3411 · 3 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$1.5B
Operating cash flow$3.4B
Capex / cash flow43%
Capex / revenue4.1%
Top 3 share100%

Analysis

3 companies in Metal Cans (SIC 3411) spent $1.5B on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 43% of the $3.4B their operations generated.

Capital spending is 4.1% of the industry's $35.6B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to equipment (56%); about $292M is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is manufacturing structures ($370M).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: metal can, box, and other metal container (light gauge) manufacturing ($5.7B), aluminum product manufacturing from purchased aluminum ($5.2B), imports ($3.6B).

Charts

Metal Cans: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsMetal Cans: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsBALL$629MCCK$542MSLGN$301M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Metal Cans: what the capital spending buys (US part)Metal Cans: what the capital spending buys (US part)Structures$382MEquipment$664MSoftware$64.2MOther$68.6M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Metal Cans: the industries that build and sell what it buysMetal Cans: the industries that build and sell what it buysManufacturing structures$370MMachine tool manufacturing$112MPlate work and fabricated structu…$101MCutting and machine tool accessor…$76.9MSpecial tool, die, jig, and fixtu…$76.4MOther fabricated metal manufactur…$59.8MMetal tank (heavy gauge) manufact…$44.7MSoftware publishers$36.6MMaterial handling equipment manuf…$29.3MAir conditioning, refrigeration, …$27.2M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Metal Cans: its first-tier supplying industriesMetal Cans: its first-tier supplying industriesMetal can, box, and other metal c…$5.7BAluminum product manufacturing fr…$5.2BImports$3.6BOther durable goods merchant whol…$1.5BIron and steel mills and ferroall…$1.0BTruck transportation$528MSecondary smelting and alloying o…$511MPaint and coating manufacturing$499MElectric power generation, transm…$326MAlumina refining and primary alum…$249M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Metal Cans: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Metal Cans: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Operating cash flow$3.4BCapital spending−$1.5BBuybacks−$1.3BNet debt repaid−$787MCash drawn from the balance s…$738MDividends−$446MPaid to partners−$107MOther financing (out)−$99.1MAcquisitions−$76.0MOther investing (in)$50.6MSales of assets & businesses$47.0MExchange-rate gains on cash$7.0MOther financing (in)$7.0MExchange-rate losses on cash−$56K
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
BALL Ball$629M$1.2B51%TTM to Q3 2026
CCK Crown Holdings$542M$1.6B35%TTM to Q3 2026
SLGN Silgan Holdings$301M$647M46%TTM to Q3 2026

Customers and suppliers named in annual reports

SupplierCustomerShare of supplier revenueEvidenceSource
BALLBUD15%Stated in 10-K (XBRL)filing
BALLCoca-Cola Bottlers' Sales & Services Company LLC14%Stated in 10-K (XBRL)filing
BALLRed Bull GmbH11%Stated in 10-K (XBRL)filing

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.