BALL vs Silgan
BALL and SLGN 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 SLGN compare
BALL is the larger company, worth 4.1 times as much as Silgan ($17.6B against $4.3B).
On earnings, Silgan is cheaper: it trades at 15.9× trailing earnings, against 18.8× for BALL.
BALL grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.6% versus 8.4% for Silgan).
Both pay dividends: BALL yields 1.2% and Silgan 2.0%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BALL | SLGN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $17.6B | $4.3B |
| Share price | $66.47 | $40.51 |
| Change, 1 year | 39.1% | 4.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.5% | −1.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.79 | 0.67 |
| Employees | 16K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.8× | 15.9× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 3.1× | 1.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.4× (better) | 12.1× |
| P/FCF | 21.3× | 12.5× (better) |
| PEG | 1.38 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 8.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $65.79 | $45.98 |
| Margin of safety | −1.0% | 11.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.6% (better) | 8.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% | 5.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −10.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 82.9% (better) | −9.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.4% (better) | −0.51% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.6% (better) | 17.1% |
| Net margin | – | 4.0% |
| FCF margin | 5.8% (better) | 5.1% |
| Return on equity | – | 11.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.26 (better) | 2.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.16 (better) | 6.20 |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 1.27 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.35 (better) | 1.68 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 32.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.9% | 10.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.4% (better) | 1.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.6% | 3.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 88.4% | 92.5% |
| Held by insiders | 5.4% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.2M | $38.1K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 8.7% |
Go deeper
- BALL stock overview
- BALL income statement
- BALL valuation and score
- SLGN stock overview
- SLGN income statement
- SLGN valuation and score
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