Ball (NYSE:BALL – Get Free Report) is one of 70 publicly-traded companies in the “Containers & Packaging” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Ball to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Dividends
Ball pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ball pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.1% and pay out -104.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Ball lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Volatility & Risk
Ball has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ball’s peers have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ball | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.54 |
| Ball Competitors | 381 | 2318 | 3367 | 84 | 2.51 |
Ball currently has a consensus price target of $71.69, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. As a group, “Containers & Packaging” companies have a potential upside of 29.49%. Given Ball’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ball has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
86.5% of Ball shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ball shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of shares of all “Containers & Packaging” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Ball and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ball | 6.61% | 18.76% | 5.35% |
| Ball Competitors | -28.76% | -31.82% | 2.15% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ball and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ball | $13.16 billion | $912.00 million | 17.98 |
| Ball Competitors | $8.00 billion | $208.36 million | 14.44 |
Ball has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Ball is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Ball beats its peers on 10 of the 15 factors compared.
Ball Company Profile
Ball Corporation supplies aluminum packaging products for the beverage, personal care, and household products industries in the United States, Brazil, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells aluminum beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. It also manufactures and sells extruded aluminum aerosol containers, recloseable aluminum bottles, aluminum cups, and aluminum slugs. Ball Corporation was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
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