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CCL Industries

CCL-A.TO
48
Packaging & Containers · Consumer Cyclical
Price
C$83.46
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
C$14.51B
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

CCL Industries is a Canadian company that makes labels and packaging for products people use every day. Its main business is printing and producing labels for things like shampoo bottles, food containers, medicine packaging, and credit cards. It sells to large consumer goods companies, healthcare firms, and banks around the world.

CCL makes money by manufacturing and selling these labels and packaging materials directly to businesses. It operates in over 40 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, making it one of the largest label manufacturers in the world. Its scale and global manufacturing network give it a cost advantage that is hard for smaller competitors to match. The key growth driver is winning new contracts as consumer goods companies expand into emerging markets, though the business faces risk from rising raw material costs — particularly for paper, film, and aluminum — which can squeeze profit margins when prices spike.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

16.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$999M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

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Growth context

CCL Industries is growing revenue at 3% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
30.2%
Modest — 30.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
15.3%
Healthy — 15.3% operating margin
ROCE
3.8%
Weak — 3.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+4.3%
Slow sales growth (4.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
-5.0%
Earnings shrinking (-5.0% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
161%
Turns 161% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
11.2%
Modest free cash flow (11.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.40
Conservative — low debt load (0.40)
Interest Cover
11.60x
Comfortably covers interest (11.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
18.9x
Fair value — P/E 18.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.58%
Small dividend — 1.58% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+11.5%
Dividend growing fast (11.5% YoY)

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