Ball (BALL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCK or BALL?

Crown currently has a consensus target price of $120.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.06%. Ball has a consensus target price of $64.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.58%. Given Crown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Crown is more favorable than Ball.

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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the media refer more to CCK or BALL?

In the previous week, Crown had 12 more articles in the media than Ball. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Crown and 51 mentions for Ball. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Ball's score of 0.30 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	14 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ball	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$11.80B	1.02	$424M	$4.76	21.65
Ball	$11.80B	1.39	$4.01B	$1.68	35.11

Is CCK or BALL more profitable?

Crown has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Ball's net margin of 4.18%. 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	4.18%	15.41%	5.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCK or BALL?

Crown has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCK or BALL?

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

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 1.4%. Crown pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ball pays out 47.6% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Crown beats Ball on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.