BALL vs CCK vs SLGN Stock Comparison

Ball, Crown Holdings and Silgan Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BALL BALL Corp
$64.75 +10.1% 1M +30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.12B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.33B
Div. yield
0.01%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
4 wins
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc.
$117.33 +6.9% 1M +18.6% 1Y
Market cap
$12.79B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.26B
Div. yield
0.01%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
5 wins
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc
$39.31 +5.8% 1M -11.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.13B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Crown Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Crown Holdings 5, Ball 4, Silgan Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBALLCCKSLGNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.12B $12.79B $4.13B BALL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.1x 16.3x 15.3x SLGN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.8x 14.4x 9.8x SLGN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.6% +10.3% +8.4% BALL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.6% 5.9% 4.0% BALL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.6% 12.7% 5.5% CCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 4.9x CCK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% SLGN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.3% +18.6% -11.9% BALL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.8%/yr +2.2%/yr -0.3%/yr CCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.2% 25.3% 34.9% CCK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 68/100 54/100 CCK

Percentile Scorecard

BALLCCKSLGN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBALLCCKSLGN
Valuation 27 #12 of 16 60 #7 of 16 73 #5 of 16
Growth 93 #2 of 16 73 #5 of 16 53 #8 of 16
Profitability 80 #4 of 16 100 #1 of 16 73 #5 of 16
Financial Health 56 #8 of 17 38 #11 of 17 25 #13 of 17
Shareholder Returns 39 #9 of 14 69 #5 of 14 46 #8 of 14
Overall 59 68 54
  • BALL ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • CCK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SLGN ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBALLCCKSLGNSPY
1 month +10.1%+6.9%+5.8% -1.0%
3 months +1.4%-0.5%-15.4% +2.9%
6 months +5.6%+16.0%+0.7% +6.4%
Year to date +22.2%+13.9%-2.6% +11.4%
1 year +30.3%+18.6%-11.9% +13.1%
3 years +40.9%+43.8%-4.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +12.1%+12.9%-1.6% +21.5%
5 years -29.8%+11.7%-1.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -6.8%+2.2%-0.3% +10.9%
10 years +62.5%+115.1%+54.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +5.0%+8.0%+4.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBALLCCKSLGNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.2%25.3%34.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.5%24.0%38.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.160.460.55 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.160.73-0.34 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-48.5%-39.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.4%-4.0%-19.6% -2.5%
52-week high $67.76$122.16$48.89 $779.14
52-week low $46.41$92.04$34.74 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBALLCCKSLGN
P/E now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 18.2x 16.4xmedian 18.2x 15.4xmedian 18.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 9.5x 8.7xmedian 9.5x 9.5xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.7xmedian 15.7x 10.6xmedian 15.7x 12.1xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 1.4x 3.8xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.50median 0.83 0.76median 0.83 -4.37median 0.83

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBALLCCKSLGN
Revenue $14.33B $13.26B $6.68B
Gross profit $2.67B $2.78B $1.14B
Operating income $1.62B $1.63B $573.99M
Net income $949.00M $922.00M $270.29M
Free cash flow $827.00M $1.20B $342.76M
EPS (diluted) $3.54 $7.14 $2.55
Cash & equivalents $491.00M $656.00M $351.53M
Total debt $29.25B $6.06B $18.79B
Shares (diluted) 267.14M 109.80M 105.79M
Enterprise value $14.12B $9.61B $1.88B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBALLCCKSLGN
P/E 18.2x 16.4x 15.4x
P/FCF 20.7x 10.6x 12.1x
P/Operating cash flow 12.0x 7.4x 6.5x
P/S 1.2x 1.0x 0.6x
P/B 3.0x 3.8x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 3.5x 5.1x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x 8.7x 9.5x
EV/EBIT 14.8x 11.2x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 1.7x 1.4x 1.3x
EV/FCF 28.9x 15.2x 25.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.7x 10.5x 13.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.50 0.76 -4.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBALLCCKSLGN
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.6% 10.3% 8.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 2.4% 2.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.8% 3.7% 3.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 38.7% 7.4% 3.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.6% 4.8% 2.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 11.9% 1.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 68.6% 39.7% -10.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 16.1% -4.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.1% 48.4% -9.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 21.6% -3.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 83.5% 31.6% 86.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 24.2% 30.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 119.9% 20.1% 502.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.0% 154.3% 67.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBALLCCKSLGN
Gross margin 18.6% 21.0% 17.1%
EBITDA margin 14.7% 15.8% 13.7%
Operating margin 11.3% 12.3% 8.6%
Pretax margin 8.1% 9.3% 5.8%
Net margin 6.6% 5.9% 4.0%
FCF margin 5.8% 9.0% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 10.0% 13.0% 9.6%
Return on equity 16.7% 27.2% 11.3%
Return on assets 4.8% 6.4% 2.8%
Return on invested capital 9.6% 12.7% 5.5%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 16.5% 8.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.9x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBALLCCKSLGN
Debt / assets 35.9% 41.6% 50.3%
Debt / equity 1.3x 1.8x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 4.9x
Debt / FCF 8.7x 5.1x 14.1x
Liabilities / assets 71.3% 76.9% 75.2%
Equity / assets 28.7% 23.1% 24.8%
Interest coverage 5.1x 4.1x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.59 – 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBALLCCKSLGN
Dividend yield 1.2% 1.1% 2.1%
Net buyback yield 2.4% 6.4% 1.8%
Shareholder yield 3.7% 7.5% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.7% 14.9% 32.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 26.0% 11.4% 25.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) -6.9% 15.1% 4.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -5.2% 7.6% 4.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBALLCCKSLGN
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2026 14.4xFY2026 9.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.86FY2026 $8.16FY2026 $4.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.1% +8.6% +7.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.73BFY2026 $12.96BFY2026 $6.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +4.8%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.0% +4.7% +4.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBALLCCKSLGN
Held by institutions 87.6% 98.3% 92.5%
Institutions holding 801 601 349
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% -3.3% +4.9%
Institutions buying 383 255 190
Institutions selling 285 270 114
Buyers to sellers 1.34 0.94 1.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BALLCCKSLGN
BALL 1.00 0.68 0.62
CCK 0.68 1.00 0.64
SLGN 0.62 0.64 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BALL, CCK and SLGN?

Ball (BALL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ball (BALL) $17.12B, Crown Holdings (CCK) $12.79B, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) $4.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, BALL, CCK and SLGN?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ball (BALL) 18.1x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 16.3x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 15.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) is cheapest (Ball (BALL) 16.8x, Crown Holdings (CCK) 14.4x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 9.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ball (BALL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ball (BALL) +15.6%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +10.3%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +8.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ball (BALL) has the highest net margin (Ball (BALL) 6.6%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 5.9%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 4.0%). On return on invested capital, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads (Ball (BALL) 9.6%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 12.7%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 5.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ball (BALL) returned the most: Ball (BALL) +30.3%, Crown Holdings (CCK) +18.6%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -11.9%. Over five years, Crown Holdings (CCK) compounded fastest (Ball (BALL) -6.8%/yr, Crown Holdings (CCK) +2.2%/yr, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) has the highest dividend yield: Ball (BALL) 0.01%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 0.01%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crown Holdings (CCK) has been the steadiest (Ball (BALL) 26.2%, Crown Holdings (CCK) 25.3%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 34.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BALL, CCK and SLGN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Crown Holdings (CCK) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.