Ball Corporation (BALL) vs Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK)

Ball Corporation and Crown Holdings, Inc. are both Packaging & Containers companies. Ball Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $17.4B against $13.2B — 1.3× the size. Crown Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.9× against 33.6×. Ball Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.2% against 13.4%. Crown Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.78% vs 3.52%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 4.57%). Both pay a dividend; Ball Corporation yields more (1.20% vs 1.15%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crown Holdings, Inc. leads on 17 and Ball Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
P/E 33.55 16.92 20.50
P/S 1.17 0.96 0.84
P/B 3.07 3.80 1.81
Price to free cash flow 29.31 12.50 13.39
EV/EBITDA 15.63 8.71 9.53
EV/Sales 1.62 1.33 1.39
Earnings yield 2.98% 5.91% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 3.41% 8.00% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 17.84% 16.80% 20.09%
Operating margin 6.10% 11.95% 6.42%
Net margin 3.52% 5.78% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 3.98% 7.64% 4.78%
Return on equity 9.51% 22.84% 2.28%
Return on assets 2.73% 5.45% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 4.57% 11.84% 4.57%

Growth

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 19.23% 13.38% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (74.62%) 79.72% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.24% 5.65% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.29% 4.97% 0.00%

Health

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.27 1.69 0.79
Current ratio 1.04 1.14 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.83 2.59 2.59

Dividend

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.20% 1.15% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.40 0.20 0.60

Size

Metric BALL CCK Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 17.42b 13.17b 3.71b

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