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Ball Corporation (BALL) vs Smurfit Westrock PLC (SW)

Ball Corporation and Smurfit Westrock PLC are both Packaging & Containers companies. Smurfit Westrock PLC is the larger, with a market value of $23.3B against $17.4B — 1.3× the size. Ball Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 33.6× against 49.6×. Ball Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.2% against 1.11%. Ball Corporation has the higher net margin (3.52% vs 1.50%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.57% vs 2.87%). Both pay a dividend; Smurfit Westrock PLC yields more (4.03% vs 1.20%). Across the 23 metrics below, Ball Corporation leads on 12 and Smurfit Westrock PLC on 11.

Valuation

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
P/E 33.55 49.65 20.50
P/S 1.17 0.75 0.84
P/B 3.07 1.30 1.81
Price to free cash flow 29.31 26.43 13.39
EV/EBITDA 15.63 8.73 9.53
EV/Sales 1.62 1.17 1.39
Earnings yield 2.98% 2.01% 2.89%
Free cash flow yield 3.41% 3.78% 5.42%

Profitability

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
Gross margin 17.84% 17.43% 20.09%
Operating margin 6.10% 4.57% 6.42%
Net margin 3.52% 1.50% 3.43%
Free cash flow margin 3.98% 2.82% 4.78%
Return on equity 9.51% 2.59% 2.28%
Return on assets 2.73% 1.04% 1.04%
Return on invested capital 4.57% 2.87% 4.57%

Growth

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 19.23% 1.11% 4.05%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (74.62%) 62.20% 0.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.24% 7.96% 5.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.29% (5.84%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
Debt to equity 1.27 0.78 0.79
Current ratio 1.04 1.48 1.29
Net debt to EBITDA 2.83 3.02 2.59

Dividend

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
Dividend yield 1.20% 4.03% 3.38%
Payout ratio 0.40 2.02 0.60

Size

Metric BALL SW Packaging & Containers median
Market cap 17.42b 23.27b 3.71b

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