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Ball (BALL) Competitors

$52.58
-0.64 (-1.20%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$52.16
$53.54
50-Day Range
$50.03
$59.26
52-Week Range
$46.00
$74.35
Volume
1.57 million shs
Average Volume
1.74 million shs
Market Capitalization
$16.54 billion
P/E Ratio
37.03
Dividend Yield
1.52%
Price Target
$56.67

BALL vs. CCK, SLGN, TS, HUBB, IEX, XYL, DOV, AMCR, RS, and AXON

Should you be buying Ball stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ball include Crown (CCK), Silgan (SLGN), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), IDEX (IEX), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Amcor (AMCR), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), and Axon Enterprise (AXON). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Ball vs.

Ball (NYSE:BALL) and Crown (NYSE:CCK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Ball had 50 more articles in the media than Crown. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Ball and 9 mentions for Crown. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Ball's score of 0.29 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ball
14 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
26 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Crown
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Crown has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Ball's net margin of 2.98%. Crown's return on equity of 31.41% beat Ball's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ball 2.98% 23.92% 4.23%
Crown 4.81% 31.41% 4.98%

Ball has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ball presently has a consensus target price of $56.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.77%. Crown has a consensus target price of $97.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.48%. Given Crown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crown is more favorable than Ball.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ball
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Crown
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Crown received 561 more outperform votes than Ball when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave Crown an outperform vote while only 7.32% of users gave Ball an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BallOutperform Votes
3
7.32%
Underperform Votes
38
92.68%
CrownOutperform Votes
564
65.81%
Underperform Votes
293
34.19%

82.7% of Ball shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Ball shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Crown has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ball. 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 Ratio
Ball$15.35 billion1.08$719 million$1.4237.03
Crown$12.94 billion0.78$727 million$5.0816.49

Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ball pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown pays out 18.9% 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.

Summary

Crown beats Ball on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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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

MetricBallMetal cans IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.54B$8.52B$7.32B$15.08B
Dividend Yield1.51%3.60%2.11%3.87%
P/E Ratio37.0320.7716.6620.26
Price / Sales1.080.797.459.22
Price / Cash10.627.5057.9223.99
Price / Book4.684.303.667.37
Net Income$719M$505.96M$370.58M$904.91M
7 Day Performance-3.36%0.23%1.66%1.75%
1 Month Performance-7.80%-1.18%4.58%3.96%
1 Year Performance-25.33%-19.37%2.79%-4.84%

Ball Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCK
Crown
2.2463 of 5 stars
$83.23
+0.9%
$97.60
+17.3%
-21.3%$10.00B$12.94B16.3826,000Analyst Downgrade
SLGN
Silgan
2.6585 of 5 stars
$45.40
+0.2%
$56.67
+24.8%
+6.2%$5.01B$6.41B15.3915,300
TS
Tenaris
2.2437 of 5 stars
$27.23
+2.2%
$44.50
+63.4%
-18.1%$16.07B$11.76B5.0525,292
HUBB
Hubbell
2.2246 of 5 stars
$296.17
+0.7%
$237.33
-19.9%
+53.3%$15.87B$4.95B28.2916,300
IEX
IDEX
2.2517 of 5 stars
$205.54
+0.1%
$236.17
+14.9%
+6.7%$15.53B$3.18B26.628,868
XYL
Xylem
2.053 of 5 stars
$106.29
+0.1%
$116.64
+9.7%
+28.9%$19.20B$5.52B51.8517,800
DOV
Dover
2.6488 of 5 stars
$139.02
+0.8%
$162.31
+16.8%
+5.7%$19.44B$8.51B18.5425,000Insider Selling
AMCR
Amcor
2.0392 of 5 stars
$10.01
+0.1%
$10.80
+7.9%
-24.5%$14.72B$14.54B15.1644,000
RS
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
1.9185 of 5 stars
$245.14
+2.4%
$270.00
+10.1%
+27.2%$14.41B$17.03B8.7814,500
AXON
Axon Enterprise
2.3805 of 5 stars
$194.88
+1.6%
$232.64
+19.4%
+89.3%$14.40B$1.19B103.113,734

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This page (NYSE:BALL) was last updated on 6/9/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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