CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. Introduction
The following discussion presents management's analysis of the results of
operations for the three months ended
Business Strategy and Trends
The Company's strategy is to grow its businesses in targeted growth markets, while improving operations and results in more mature markets through disciplined pricing, cost control and careful capital allocation.
The Company's global beverage can business continues to be a major strategic focus for organic growth. Beverage cans are the world's most sustainable and recycled beverage packaging and continue to gain market share in new beverage product launches. The Company continues to drive brand differentiation by increasing its ability to offer multiple product sizes.
For several years, global industry demand for beverage cans has been growing. In
The Company's primary capital allocation focus has been to reduce leverage, as
was successfully accomplished following previous acquisitions, and to begin to
return capital to its shareholders. In
Beginning with the quarterly period ended
In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Company continues to take actions to ensure the safety of its employees. The Company has increased safety measures in its manufacturing facilities to protect the safety of its employees and the products they produce. In addition, as many employees as possible are working remotely.
The Company's products are a vital part of the support system to its customers and consumers. In addition to manufacturing containers that provide protection for food and beverages, the Company also produces closures for baby food, aerosol containers for cleaning and sanitizing products and numerous other products that provide for the safe and secure transportation of goods in transit.
The Company is working to keep its manufacturing facilities around the world operational and equipped with the resources required to meet continually evolving customer demand by delivering high quality products in a safe and timely manner. The Company is actively monitoring and managing supply chain challenges, including coordinating with its suppliers to identify and mitigate potential areas of risk and manage inventories.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
The Company continues to actively elevate its industry-leading commitment to sustainability, which is a core value of the Company. In 2020, the Company debuted Twentyby30, a robust program that outlines twenty measurable environmental, social and governance goals to be completed by 2030 or sooner.
Results of Operations
In assessing performance, the key performance measure used by the Company is segment income, a non-GAAP measure generally defined by the Company as income from operations adjusted to exclude intangibles amortization charges, provisions for asbestos and restructuring and other, and the impact of fair value adjustments to inventory acquired in an acquisition.
The foreign currency translation impacts referred to in the discussion below
were primarily due to changes in the euro and pound sterling in the Company's
European and
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 3,078 $ 2,757 Three months ended
Net sales increased primarily due to higher sales unit volumes across each of
the Company's businesses and
Americas Beverage
The Americas Beverage segment manufactures aluminum beverage cans and ends,
steel crowns, glass bottles and aluminum closures and supplies a variety of
customers from its operations in the
In
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
Net sales and segment income in the Americas Beverage segment were as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 993 $ 871
Segment income 188 134
Three months ended
Net sales increased primarily due to 9% higher sales unit volumes and the pass-through of higher aluminum costs.
Segment income increased primarily due to higher sales unit volumes and improved pricing.
European Beverage
The Company's European Beverage segment manufactures steel and aluminum beverage
cans and ends and supplies a variety of customers from its operations throughout
Net sales and segment income in the European Beverage segment were as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 389 $ 346
Segment income 62 39
Three months ended
Net sales increased due to
Segment income increased primarily due to higher sales unit volumes and improved cost performance.
European Food
The European Food segment manufactures steel and aluminum food cans and ends and
metal vacuum closures, and supplies a variety of customers from its operations
throughout
Net sales and segment income in the European Food segment were as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 460 $ 402
Segment income 63 33
Three months ended
Net sales increased primarily due to
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
Segment income increased as the three months ended
Net sales and segment income in theAsia Pacific segment were as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 2020 Net sales$ 331 $ 301 Segment income 52 45
Three months ended
Net sales increased due to 8% higher sales unit volumes and
Segment income increased primarily due to higher sales unit volumes.
Net sales and segment income in the
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 557 $ 522
Segment income 70 66
Three months ended
Net sales increased primarily due to
Segment income increased primarily due to higher sales unit volumes.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
Other Segments
The Company's other segments include its food can and closures businesses in
Net sales and segment income in non-reportable segments were as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Net sales $ 348 $ 315
Segment income 37 19
Three months ended
Net sales increased primarily due to higher sales in the Company's beverage can
equipment operations, the pass-through of higher tinplate costs and
Segment income increased due to higher sales in the Company's beverage can
equipment operations and lower tinplate carryover costs as compared to the three
months ended
Corporate and Unallocated Expense
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021 2020
Corporate and unallocated expense $ (39) $ (38) Corporate and unallocated expenses were comparable for the three months ended
Interest Expense
For the three months ended
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
For the three months ended
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash from Operations
Cash used for operating activities decreased from
Days sales outstanding for trade receivables, excluding the impact of unbilled
receivables, was 36 days as of
Inventory turnover was 65 days at
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
The food can business is seasonal with the first quarter tending to be the slowest period as the autumn packaging period in the Northern Hemisphere has ended and new crops are not yet planted. The industry enters its busiest period in the third quarter when the majority of fruits and vegetables in the Northern Hemisphere are harvested. Due to this seasonality, inventory levels increase in the first half of the year to meet peak demand in the second and third quarters. The beverage can business is also seasonal with inventory levels generally increasing in the first half of the year to meet peak demand in the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere.
Days outstanding for trade payables was 85 days at
Cash used for investing activities increased from
The Company currently expects capital expenditures in 2021 to be approximately
Financing Activities
Financing activities provided cash of
Liquidity
As of
As of
Capital Resources
As of
Contractual Obligations
During the three months ended
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information
As disclosed in Note L , the Company and certain of its 100% directly or
indirectly owned subsidiaries provide guarantees of senior notes and debentures
issued by other 100% directly or indirectly owned subsidiaries. These senior
notes and debentures are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and
substantially all of its subsidiaries in
The following tables present summarized financial information related to the
senior notes issued by the Company's subsidiary debt issuers and guarantors on a
combined basis for each issuer and its guarantors (together, an "obligor group")
after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent
and the guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any
subsidiary that is a non-guarantor. Crown Cork Obligor group consists of
Crown Cork Obligor Group Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Net sales $ - Gross Profit - Income from operations (3) Net income1 (18) Net income attributable to Crown Holdings1 (18) (1) Includes$9 of expense related to intercompany interest with non-guarantor subsidiaries March 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 Current assets $ 14 $ 12 Non-current assets 104 118 Current liabilities 53 63 Non-current liabilities1 4,345 4,305
(1) Includes payables of
Crown Americas Obligor Group Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Net sales1$ 1,017 Gross profit2 172 Income from operations2 64 Net income3 8 Net income attributable to Crown Holdings3 8
(1) Includes
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
March 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Current assets1 $ 921 $ 917
Non-current assets2 3,307 3,248
Current liabilities3 1,028 1,081
Non-current liabilities4 4,561 4,491
(1) Includes receivables of $42 and $45 due from non-guarantor subsidiaries as
of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
(2) Includes receivables of $157 and $142 due from non-guarantor subsidiaries as
of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
(3) Includes payables of $46 and $54 due to non-guarantor subsidiaries as of
March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
(4) Includes payables of $130 and $31 due to non-guarantor subsidiaries as of
March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Information regarding the Company's commitments and contingent liabilities appears in Part I within Item 1 of this report under Note J , entitled "Commitments and Contingent Liabilities," to the consolidated financial statements, and in Part II within Item 1A of this report which information is incorporated herein by reference.
Critical Accounting Policies
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, impacting the
reported results of operations and financial condition of the Company. Part II,
Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations" and Note A to the consolidated financial statements contained in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
Note B to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements included herein, including, but not limited to, those in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (such as statements regarding the Company's expectation and ability to pay quarterly dividends in the future or statements regarding the Company's initiation of a share repurchase program) and in the discussions of asbestos in
Note I and commitments and contingencies in Note J to the consolidated
financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and also in
Part I, Item 1, "Business" and Item 3, "Legal Proceedings" and in Part II, Item
7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," within the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
These forward-looking statements are made based upon management's expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and, therefore, involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Management cautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
While the Company periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties
affecting the Company's results of operations and financial condition in
connection with the preparation of "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and certain other sections
contained in the Company's quarterly, annual or other reports filed with the
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis (Continued)
A discussion of important factors that could cause the actual results of
operations or financial condition of the Company to differ from expectations has
been set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
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