Crown (CCK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 22.4% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Does the media favor CCK or BALL?

In the previous week, Ball had 23 more articles in the media than Crown. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Ball and 30 mentions for Crown. Crown's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ball's score of 0.50 indicating that Crown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ball	19 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CCK or BALL?

Crown presently has a consensus price target of $115.73, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Ball has a consensus price target of $62.36, indicating a potential upside of 6.75%. 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
Crown	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Ball	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	1.06	$424M	$4.65	23.12
Ball	$11.80B	1.37	$4.01B	$1.68	34.77

Which has more volatility & risk, CCK or BALL?

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

Is CCK or BALL 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
Crown	4.62%	26.98%	5.82%
Ball	4.18%	15.41%	5.29%

Summary

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