Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $37.09 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.0); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
Silgan Holdings manufactures rigid consumer goods packaging across three businesses: dispensing and specialty closures (41.8% of $6.5B net sales), metal containers (48.4%), and custom containers (9.8%), operating 121 plants globally. Revenue comes from multi-year supply... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $37.09 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.0); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 36, MACD bearish. Score 5.8/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 70d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Silgan Holdings Inc.
Latest news
- Silgan (SLGN) Q1 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Q1 earnings and revenues top estimates - MSN — MSN positive
- Silgan Holdings’s (NYSE:SLGN) Q1 CY2026: Beats On Revenue - StockStory — StockStory positive
- Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- (SLGN) Silgan Holdings Inc. Expects Q2 Adjusted EPS Range $0.92 - $1.02 - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com positive
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1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 1.7/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $37.09 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.0); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 36, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $35.42. Score 5.8/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $46.26 (+24.7% upside). Prior stop was $35.42. Stop-loss: $35.42.
V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.0); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.5.
Silgan Holdings Inc. trades at a P/E of 13.9 (forward 9.1). TrendMatrix value score: 8.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover SLGN with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $53.
What does Silgan Holdings Inc. do?Silgan Holdings manufactures rigid consumer goods packaging across three businesses: dispensing and specialty closures...
Silgan Holdings manufactures rigid consumer goods packaging across three businesses: dispensing and specialty closures (41.8% of $6.5B net sales), metal containers (48.4%), and custom containers (9.8%), operating 121 plants globally. Revenue comes from multi-year supply contracts with leading consumer goods companies; ~90% of metal container sales under multi-year arrangements.