BALL vs. AMCR, EXPE, KMX, SCI, ALV, VIPS, TPX, ETSY, W, and AN
Should you be buying Ball stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ball include Amcor (AMCR), Expedia Group (EXPE), CarMax (KMX), Service Co. International (SCI), Autoliv (ALV), Vipshop (VIPS), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Etsy (ETSY), Wayfair (W), and AutoNation (AN).
Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and Ball (NYSE:BALL) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Ball had 56 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Ball and 1 mentions for Amcor. Ball's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Amcor's score of 0.04 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Ball. Amcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ball, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Ball shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amcor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ball shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ball has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Ball's net margin of 4.59%. Ball's return on equity of 24.28% beat Amcor's return on equity.
Amcor has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amcor currently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. Ball has a consensus price target of $65.58, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given Ball's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Ball.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Amcor pays out 113.6% 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 pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Amcor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Amcor received 51 more outperform votes than Ball when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.54% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote while only 15.71% of users gave Ball an outperform vote.
Summary
Ball beats Amcor on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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