Ball (BALL) Competitors

Crown (NYSE:CCK) and Ball (NYSE:BALL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is CCK or BALL more profitable?

Crown has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Ball's net margin of 4.49%. Crown's return on equity of 27.15% beat Ball's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown	4.64%	27.15%	6.08%
Ball	4.49%	16.81%	5.41%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CCK or BALL?

Ball has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crown. Crown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ball, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown	$12.01B	0.98	$424M	$4.76	21.26
Ball	$11.80B	1.24	$4.01B	$1.93	27.81

Is CCK or BALL a better dividend stock?

Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ball pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Crown has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, CCK or BALL?

Crown has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CCK or BALL?

90.9% of Crown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Ball shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Crown shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ball shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CCK or BALL?

Crown presently has a consensus price target of $120.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Ball has a consensus price target of $65.27, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Ball's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ball is more favorable than Crown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Ball	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media prefer CCK or BALL?

In the previous week, Ball had 45 more articles in the media than Crown. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Ball and 25 mentions for Crown. Crown's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ball's score of 0.55 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ball	28 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Crown beats Ball on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.