CROWN HOLDINGS HAS THE HIGHEST EPS GROWTH IN THE METAL & GLASS CONTAINERS INDUSTRY (CCK, OI, SLGN, BLL, ATR)

Dec 27, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top 5 companies in the Metal & Glass Containers industry ranked by the year-over-year expected EPS growth rate. The long-term growth rate is the expected annual increase in operating EPS over the next three to five years.

Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) EPS is expected to grow 40% year-over-year, better than the company's long-term growth rate of 7%. Based on the forward P/E of 15.4x its PEG ratio is 2.2, which signifies a premium valuation given for growth.

Owens-Illinois (NYSE:OI) EPS is expected to grow 31.4% year-over-year, better than the company's long-term growth rate of 4.3%. Based on the forward P/E of 11x its PEG ratio is 2.52, which signifies a premium valuation given for growth.

Silgan Holdings (NASDAQ:SLGN) EPS is expected to grow 27.9% year-over-year, better than the company's long-term growth rate of 9.3%. Based on the forward P/E of 16.7x its PEG ratio is 1.8, which signifies a premium valuation given for growth.

Ball (NYSE:BLL) EPS is expected to grow 10.1% year-over-year, better than the company's long-term growth rate of 8.6%. Based on the forward P/E of 15.2x its PEG ratio is 1.75, which signifies a premium valuation given for growth.

Aptargroup (NYSE:ATR) EPS is expected to grow 8.5% year-over-year, worse than the company's long-term growth rate of 12.8%. Based on the forward P/E of 19.2x its PEG ratio is 1.5, which signifies a premium valuation given for growth.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Ball in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on July 14, 2010 at $55.42. The stock has risen 24.9% since the Uptrend alert was issued.