Ardagh Metal Packaging is exiting a heavy investment phase, with volumes rising, margins stabilizing, and capex normalizing, signaling an operational inflection.
Despite high leverage and weak free cash flow, the company’s improving fundamentals and discounted valuation offer 60% upside if 2025 targets are met.
Execution is key: stable margins, debt reduction, and consistent cash flow are required for rerating, while risks include input cost volatility and governance concerns.
I assign AMBP a Buy rating for tactical investors, as the risk/reward is attractive if management delivers on its operational and financial roadmap.
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Ardagh Metal Packaging (NYSE:AMBP) operates in the mature aluminum beverage can industry, a segment that is as functional as it is unglamorous. Yet beneath this surface lies a business with industrial
