Company: SLGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-038677
Chunk: 39

Company: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 39
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 material costs in the custom containers segment.  These increases were partially offset by a less favorable mix of products sold in the metal containers segment, lower unit volumes of specialty closures primarily for the North American beverage markets in the dispensing and specialty closures segment and the impact of unfavorable foreign currency translation of approximately $3.0 million.

Gross Profit.  Gross profit margin increased 0.9 percentage points to 19.4 percent in the second quarter of 2025 as compared to the same period in 2024 and increased 1.1 percentage points to 18.9 percent in the first six months of 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024 primarily for the reasons discussed below in "Income before Interest and Income Taxes".

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  In the second quarter of 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of consolidated net sales increased to 7.9 percent as compared to 7.8 percent in the second quarter of 2024. For the second quarter of 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $14.1 million to $121.8 million as compared to the second quarter of 2024. In the first six months of 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of consolidated net sales increased to 8.3 percent as compared to 7.7 percent in the first six months of 2024. In the first six months of 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $42.7 million to $250.9 million as compared to the first six months of 2024. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses for each of the second quarter and the first six months of 2025 was primarily due to the inclusion of selling, general and administrative expenses of Weener Packaging and higher expenses for corporate development activities.

Income before Interest and Income Taxes.  In the second quarter of 2025, income before interest and income taxes increased by $25.7 million to $167.5 million as compared to $141.8 million in the second quarter of 2024, and margins increased to 10.9 percent from 10.3 percent over the same periods. The increase in income before interest and income taxes was primarily the result of the inclusion of income before interest and income taxes of Weener Packaging, improved manufacturing productivity and cost performance in the metal containers and custom containers segments and higher organic unit volumes of