BALL vs Greif
BALL and GEF side by side, both in fabricated metal products, except machinery and transportation equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BALL and GEF compare
Greif grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (23.5% versus 15.6% for BALL).
BALL pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; Greif does not pay one.
BALL scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 7 for Greif), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BALL | GEF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $17.6B | – |
| Share price | $66.47 | $81.99 |
| Change, 1 year | 39.1% | 44.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.5% | 20.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.79 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 16K | 500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.8× | – |
| P/S | 1.2× | – |
| P/B | 3.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 21.3× | – |
| PEG | 1.38 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | – |
| Fair value | $65.79 | – |
| Margin of safety | −1.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.6% | 23.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% (better) | −1.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −28.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 82.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 21.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 5.5% |
| Net margin | – | 4.4% |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | – |
| Return on equity | – | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 4.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.26 | 0.34 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.16 | 1.47 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 1.29 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.35 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | – |
| Payout ratio | – | 65.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.6% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 88.4% | 57.9% |
| Held by insiders | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.2M (better) | −$13.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | – |
Go deeper
- BALL stock overview
- BALL income statement
- BALL valuation and score
- GEF stock overview
- GEF income statement
- GEF valuation and score
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