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AMCR · Forward model · Bear case

The Bear case, 20 quarters out

Model as of

Each segment is projected from its own operating driver, rolled up into consolidated cash flow, and discounted back to a fair value per share. The assumptions below are editable — change them and every number on this page moves with them.

Amcor reports TWO segments — Global Flexible Packaging Solutions and Global Rigid Packaging Solutions — and this model copies those. Q4 $3,525M + $2,873M = $6,398M. 2025 Q4 is the first quarter with any Berry (two months); 2026 Q1 is the first full quarter. Do not load combined pro forma 2025 Q4 $6,036M as history. Do not split into six end-markets. Opening 1% sequential is not Q4/Q3 +8%. Segment EBITDA is allocated company adjusted EBITDA $1,045M by Q4 adjusted EBIT mix (flexibles $533M, rigid $352M). Capex 4% is Q4 PPE $235M / $6,398M. netCash is the release net debt $12,897M. Shares are Q4 diluted weighted 464.6 million after the 1-for-5 reverse split. House close $47.91; profile $40.61 is stale. Tax 17% is the 16.8% adjusted rate. Stub adj EPS $1.80–$1.90 is six-month non-GAAP and is not a quarterly sales guide.

AMCR forward model
Horizon
Fair value per share $16.70 −60% against $41.86
Terminal-year revenue $21.90B last four projected quarters
Enterprise value $20.65B $7.66B explicit + $13.00B terminal

Volumes stay negative, remaining Berry cost-out stalls, and $12.9B of net debt keeps leverage above the 3.5x stub guide. What this case does NOT assume is a dividend cut next quarter — the board just raised it to 65 cents — or insolvency. It says Q4's +0.5% volume was the high-water mark.

AMCR REVENUE MODEL

Latest: $5.39B (2031Q4E)

Period Value
2025Q4 $5.08B
2026Q1 $5.74B
2026Q2 $5.45B
2026Q3 $5.91B
2026Q4 $6.40B
2027Q1E $6.37B
2027Q2E $6.33B
2027Q3E $6.29B
2027Q4E $6.24B
2028Q1E $6.20B
2028Q2E $6.15B
2028Q3E $6.10B
2028Q4E $6.04B
2029Q1E $5.99B
2029Q2E $5.94B
2029Q3E $5.88B
2029Q4E $5.83B
2030Q1E $5.77B
2030Q2E $5.72B
2030Q3E $5.67B
2030Q4E $5.61B
2031Q1E $5.56B
2031Q2E $5.50B
2031Q3E $5.45B
2031Q4E $5.39B
Scenarios

Where each case comes from

Berry synergies case — primary sources

The primary sources this case is built from — filings, calls and posts. Where they are claims by an interested party rather than disclosures, every number in the Berry synergies column is what happens if they are taken at face value.

Valuation

From cash flow to fair value

The published model, discounted at 11.0% a year with an exit multiple of 1.0x on revenue. The horizon and sliders above do not change this walk.

Present value of free cash flow, 20 quarters$7.66B
Terminal-year revenue$21.90B
Terminal-year EBITDA$3.17B
Exit multiple, on revenue1.0x
Terminal value$21.90B
Discounted at 11.0% a year, terminal value becomes$13.00B
Share of enterprise value from the terminal63%
Enterprise value$20.65B
Net cash−$12.90B
Equity value$7.76B
Shares0.46B
Fair value per share$16.70
Against the deployed price of $41.86, as of −60%

9% for an investment-grade packager with $12.9B of net debt. Exit 1.5x trailing-year sales matches today's EV/sales: $47.91 × 464.6M shares is $22.3B of equity, plus $12.9B of net debt is $35.2B of EV on $23.5B of FY2026 sales, about 9.6x adjusted EBITDA of $3.67B. Move the exit multiple before opening growth. Stub adj EPS $1.80–$1.90 is six-month non-GAAP. Q4 GAAP EPS $0.83. FCF this quarter is the seasonal cash quarter.

Read the other way round: at $41.86 the market is paying 1.9x terminal-year revenue, holding every other assumption on this page fixed. That is the number to argue about.

Quarter by quarter

The projected path

The published model's 20 quarters. The horizon and sliders above do not change this table.

Quarter Global Flexible Packaging SolutionsGlobal Rigid Packaging Solutions Revenue YoY EBITDA Capex FCF R40 PV of FCF
2027 Q1E $3.51B$2.86B $6.37B +11% $859M $255M $502M +19 $489M
2027 Q2E $3.49B$2.84B $6.33B +16% $862M $253M $505M +24 $479M
2027 Q3E $3.46B$2.82B $6.29B +6% $862M $251M $507M +14 $469M
2027 Q4E $3.44B$2.80B $6.24B −2% $862M $250M $508M +6 $458M
2028 Q1E $3.41B$2.78B $6.20B −3% $861M $248M $509M +6 $447M
2028 Q2E $3.39B$2.76B $6.15B −3% $859M $246M $509M +5 $435M
2028 Q3E $3.36B$2.74B $6.10B −3% $856M $244M $508M +5 $423M
2028 Q4E $3.33B$2.71B $6.04B −3% $852M $242M $507M +5 $411M
2029 Q1E $3.30B$2.69B $5.99B −3% $848M $240M $505M +5 $399M
2029 Q2E $3.27B$2.67B $5.94B −3% $844M $238M $503M +5 $388M
2029 Q3E $3.24B$2.64B $5.88B −3% $838M $235M $501M +5 $376M
2029 Q4E $3.21B$2.62B $5.83B −4% $833M $233M $498M +5 $364M
2030 Q1E $3.18B$2.59B $5.77B −4% $827M $231M $495M +5 $353M
2030 Q2E $3.15B$2.57B $5.72B −4% $821M $229M $492M +5 $341M
2030 Q3E $3.12B$2.54B $5.67B −4% $815M $227M $489M +5 $330M
2030 Q4E $3.09B$2.52B $5.61B −4% $809M $224M $485M +5 $320M
2031 Q1E $3.06B$2.49B $5.56B −4% $802M $222M $481M +5 $309M
2031 Q2E $3.03B$2.47B $5.50B −4% $796M $220M $478M +5 $299M
2031 Q3E $3.00B$2.45B $5.45B −4% $789M $218M $474M +5 $289M
2031 Q4E $2.97B$2.42B $5.39B −4% $782M $216M $470M +5 $279M

Every row is projected. A year-over-year change is shown only where the quarter it compares against exists — an em dash means there is no comparable quarter, not a flat year.

Track record

Model revisions

Assumptions are marked to reality as each quarter prints. Every change is appended here, with the fair value the model produced at the time, so the model's own history stays visible.

DateFair value thenNote
2026-08-26 $58.94 Initial model. Two disclosed segments after Berry, allocated adj EBITDA, 1% sequential, exit 1.5x sales.