BALL vs. SW, AMBP, GEF-B, CCK, SLGN, GWW, IR, FERG, DOV, and TS
Should you be buying Ball stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ball include Smurfit Westrock (SW), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Greif (GEF-B), Crown (CCK), Silgan (SLGN), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Ferguson (FERG), Dover (DOV), and Tenaris (TS).
Ball vs.
Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) and Ball (NYSE:BALL) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
83.4% of Smurfit Westrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Ball shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Smurfit Westrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ball shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ball had 41 more articles in the media than Smurfit Westrock. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Ball and 11 mentions for Smurfit Westrock. Smurfit Westrock's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Ball's score of 0.33 indicating that Smurfit Westrock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ball received 11 more outperform votes than Smurfit Westrock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Smurfit Westrock an outperform vote while only 22.77% of users gave Ball an outperform vote.
Ball has a net margin of 34.05% compared to Smurfit Westrock's net margin of -0.12%. Ball's return on equity of 17.46% beat Smurfit Westrock's return on equity.
Smurfit Westrock has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ball has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Smurfit Westrock currently has a consensus target price of $60.56, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Ball has a consensus target price of $68.17, suggesting a potential upside of 25.47%. Given Ball's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ball is more favorable than Smurfit Westrock.
Smurfit Westrock pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Smurfit Westrock pays out 672.3% 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 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Ball beats Smurfit Westrock on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BALL) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
