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BALL vs. SW, GEF.B, AMBP, JBDI, CCK, SLGN, GWW, FERG, OTIS, and IR

Should you be buying Ball stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ball include Smurfit Westrock (SW), Greif Bros. (GEF.B), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI (JBDI), Crown (CCK), Silgan (SLGN), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ferguson (FERG), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), and Ingersoll Rand (IR).

Ball vs. Its Competitors

Ball (NYSE:BALL) and Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) are both large-cap shipping containers companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Smurfit Westrock pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ball pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smurfit Westrock pays out 141.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ball$11.80B1.38$4.01B$1.6834.89
Smurfit Westrock$25.84B0.97$319M$1.2239.36

Ball has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smurfit Westrock has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ball currently has a consensus price target of $61.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Smurfit Westrock has a consensus price target of $58.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.63%. Given Smurfit Westrock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smurfit Westrock is more favorable than Ball.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ball
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Smurfit Westrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

In the previous week, Ball had 41 more articles in the media than Smurfit Westrock. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Ball and 12 mentions for Smurfit Westrock. Smurfit Westrock's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ball's score of 0.50 indicating that Smurfit Westrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ball
16 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Smurfit Westrock
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ball has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Smurfit Westrock's net margin of 1.98%. Ball's return on equity of 15.41% beat Smurfit Westrock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ball4.18% 15.41% 5.29%
Smurfit Westrock 1.98%7.38%2.95%

86.5% of Ball shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ball shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Smurfit Westrock shares are held by company 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.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BALL vs. The Competition

MetricBallCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.26B$11.63B$7.55B$20.62B
Dividend Yield1.38%1.27%4.55%3.77%
P/E Ratio34.8926.3924.9528.04
Price / Sales1.381.16116.1136.84
Price / Cash10.8210.0427.2721.91
Price / Book2.953.334.354.59
Net Income$4.01B$1.57B$791.63M$985.44M
7 Day Performance2.79%3.04%2.67%2.91%
1 Month Performance9.57%7.79%6.23%5.47%
1 Year Performance-2.37%27.19%32.85%14.61%

Ball Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BALL
Ball
2.9154 of 5 stars
$58.61
-0.2%
$61.40
+4.8%
-1.6%$16.26B$11.80B34.8916,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.5521 of 5 stars
$42.45
+0.2%
$58.50
+37.8%
N/A$22.16B$21.11B34.80100,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GEF.B
Greif Bros.
N/A$68.76
+3.7%
N/A+19.0%$3.26B$5.45B18.9912,000High Trading Volume
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
1.3923 of 5 stars
$4.22
+1.2%
$3.44
-18.5%
+31.5%$2.52B$4.91B-105.506,300Analyst Forecast
JBDI
JBDI
N/A$1.02
-3.3%
N/AN/A$20.19M$9.39M0.00121
CCK
Crown
4.1283 of 5 stars
$104.23
+0.6%
$110.45
+6.0%
+46.1%$12.13B$11.80B22.4223,000Analyst Forecast
SLGN
Silgan
4.6331 of 5 stars
$54.69
+1.4%
$63.11
+15.4%
+35.7%$5.85B$5.85B20.3312,800Positive News
GWW
W.W. Grainger
3.4972 of 5 stars
$1,038.39
+0.1%
$1,123.13
+8.2%
+12.9%$49.88B$17.17B26.6626,000Positive News
FERG
Ferguson
2.7678 of 5 stars
$215.36
+0.1%
$221.27
+2.7%
+16.0%$42.47B$30.21B25.8535,000
OTIS
Otis Worldwide
3.6792 of 5 stars
$96.04
+2.1%
$100.71
+4.9%
+4.0%$37.90B$14.17B25.2172,000Analyst Forecast
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.0056 of 5 stars
$82.03
+2.0%
$97.80
+19.2%
-4.6%$33.10B$7.24B40.6121,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:BALL) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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