Ball (BALL) Competitors $58.61 -0.13 (-0.22%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:48 PM EasternExtended Trading$58.62 +0.01 (+0.02%) As of 07/3/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BALL vs. CCK, SW, GEF.B, AMBP, JBDI, SLGN, GWW, FERG, OTIS, and IRShould you be buying Ball stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ball include Crown (CCK), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Greif Bros. (GEF.B), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), JBDI (JBDI), Silgan (SLGN), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ferguson (FERG), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), and Ingersoll Rand (IR). Ball vs. Its Competitors Crown Smurfit Westrock Greif Bros. Ardagh Metal Packaging JBDI Silgan W.W. Grainger Ferguson Otis Worldwide Ingersoll Rand Ball (NYSE:BALL) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk. Is BALL or CCK more profitable? Crown has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Ball's net margin of 4.18%. Crown's return on equity of 26.98% beat Ball's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ball4.18% 15.41% 5.29% Crown 4.62%26.98%5.82% Does the media favor BALL or CCK? In the previous week, Ball had 27 more articles in the media than Crown. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Ball and 30 mentions for Crown. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Ball's score of 0.48 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Ball 15 Very Positive mention(s) 10 Positive mention(s) 17 Neutral mention(s) 8 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Crown 14 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in BALL or CCK? 86.5% of Ball shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Crown shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ball shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, BALL or CCK? Ball has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer BALL or CCK? Ball currently has a consensus price target of $61.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Crown has a consensus price target of $113.27, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Crown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crown 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) 2.64Crown 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.82 Is BALL or CCK a better dividend stock? Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ball pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 22.4% 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 better valuation & earnings, BALL or CCK? Ball has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBall$11.80B1.38$4.01B$1.6834.89Crown$11.80B1.06$424M$4.6523.20 SummaryCrown beats Ball on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ball News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BALL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BALL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BALL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBallCONTNRS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$16.29B$11.64B$7.52B$20.72BDividend Yield1.36%1.24%4.53%3.71%P/E Ratio34.8926.3924.9628.09Price / Sales1.381.16118.7538.30Price / Cash10.9810.2227.4522.53Price / Book2.953.334.364.58Net Income$4.01B$1.57B$791.63M$986.06M7 Day Performance3.90%4.08%2.18%2.79%1 Month Performance9.65%8.69%5.71%5.46%1 Year Performance-1.73%28.76%31.83%15.06% Ball Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BALLBall2.8982 of 5 stars$58.61-0.2%$61.40+4.8%-2.4%$16.29B$11.80B34.8916,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCCKCrown4.1246 of 5 stars$102.87-0.6%$111.64+8.5%+48.6%$11.97B$11.80B22.1223,000Analyst ForecastSWSmurfit Westrock4.4529 of 5 stars$43.18+0.3%$58.40+35.2%N/A$22.54B$21.11B35.39100,000News CoverageGEF.BGreif Bros.N/A$69.04-1.8%N/A+20.1%$3.28B$5.45B19.0712,000News CoverageAMBPArdagh Metal Packaging1.3861 of 5 stars$4.30flat$3.64-15.3%+35.1%$2.57B$4.91B-107.506,300News CoverageAnalyst ForecastJBDIJBDIN/A$1.05+2.8%N/AN/A$20.78M$9.39M0.00121SLGNSilgan4.6153 of 5 stars$54.18-0.4%$63.11+16.5%+35.3%$5.80B$5.85B20.1412,800GWWW.W. Grainger3.4967 of 5 stars$1,040.00+1.1%$1,123.13+8.0%+14.7%$49.96B$17.24B26.7026,000Positive NewsFERGFerguson2.5658 of 5 stars$218.01+0.0%$221.27+1.5%+17.5%$42.99B$30.21B26.1735,000OTISOtis Worldwide3.657 of 5 stars$99.04+1.5%$100.71+1.7%+3.1%$39.09B$14.26B25.9969,000Analyst ForecastIRIngersoll Rand4.0015 of 5 stars$83.28-1.2%$97.80+17.4%-4.4%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000Positive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Crown Alternatives Smurfit Westrock Alternatives Greif Bros. Alternatives Ardagh Metal Packaging Alternatives JBDI Alternatives Silgan Alternatives W.W. 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