BALL vs KALU vs SLGN Stock Comparison

Ball, Kaiser Aluminum and Silgan Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BALL BALL Corp
$63.26 +10.7% 1M +28.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.12B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.33B
Div. yield
0.01%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
3 wins
KALU Kaiser Aluminum Corp
$120.85 -20.3% 1M +29.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.97B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.51B
Div. yield
–
Aluminum Basic Materials
8 wins
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc
$37.95 +5.6% 1M -15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.17B
P/E
15.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.68B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Kaiser Aluminum leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Kaiser Aluminum 8, Ball 3, Silgan Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBALLKALUSLGNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.12B $1.97B $4.17B BALL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.1x 9.0x 15.4x KALU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.4x 8.1x 9.5x KALU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.6% +40.4% +8.4% KALU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.6% 4.8% 4.0% BALL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.6% 12.8% 5.5% KALU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.1x 4.9x KALU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.02% SLGN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.9% +29.1% -15.2% KALU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.1%/yr +4.5%/yr -1.1%/yr KALU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.2% 57.9% 34.9% BALL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 68/100 59/100 KALU

Percentile Scorecard

BALLKALUSLGN

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

AxisBALLKALUSLGN
Valuation 33 #11 of 16 90 #17 of 162 73 #5 of 16
Growth 100 #1 of 16 86 #22 of 147 73 #5 of 16
Profitability 93 #2 of 15 60 #50 of 122 86 #3 of 15
Financial Health 73 #5 of 16 22 #129 of 164 33 #11 of 16
Shareholder Returns 39 #9 of 14 84 #18 of 107 31 #10 of 14
Overall 68 68 59
  • BALL ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • KALU ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SLGN ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBALLKALUSLGNSPY
1 month +10.7%-20.3%+5.6% +0.9%
3 months -3.9%-20.2%-11.0% +5.9%
6 months +4.9%-30.0%-4.0% +8.5%
Year to date +19.4%+5.2%-6.0% +13.3%
1 year +28.9%+29.1%-15.2% +12.4%
3 years +34.4%+122.6%-3.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +10.4%+30.6%-1.3% +23.5%
5 years -30.8%+24.4%-5.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year -7.1%+4.5%-1.1% +11.0%
10 years +64.1%+67.9%+48.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year +5.1%+5.3%+4.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBALLKALUSLGNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.2%57.9%34.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.3%67.3%38.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.162.040.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.100.50-0.43 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-54.3%-39.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-38.2%-22.4% -0.9%
52-week high $67.76$195.63$48.89 $779.14
52-week low $46.41$88.63$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.

MultipleBALLKALUSLGN
P/E now vs peer median 17.8xmedian 19.1x 9.0xmedian 13.4x 14.8xmedian 19.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 0.4xmedian 3.2x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 9.9x 6.3xmedian 7.3x 9.3xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 15.5x 15.8xmedian 14.8x 11.7xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.5x 2.0xmedian 2.3x 1.7xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.47median 0.78 0.06median 0.31 -4.22median 0.78

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 monthsBALLKALUSLGN
Revenue $14.33B $4.51B $6.68B
Gross profit $2.67B $601.70M $1.14B
Operating income $1.62B $347.30M $573.99M
Net income $949.00M $218.50M $270.29M
Free cash flow $827.00M $124.80M $342.76M
R&D – $2.20M –
EPS (diluted) $3.54 $12.94 $2.55
Cash & equivalents $491.00M $117.30M $351.53M
Total debt $7.22B $1.09B $4.83B
Shares (diluted) 267.14M 16.89M 105.79M
Enterprise value $14.12B $1.75B $1.91B

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
MetricBALLKALUSLGN
P/E 17.8x 9.0x 14.8x
P/FCF 20.2x 15.8x 11.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.7x 8.7x 6.3x
P/S 1.2x 0.4x 0.6x
P/B 2.9x 2.0x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 3.4x 2.1x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 11.1x 6.3x 9.3x
EV/EBIT 14.5x 8.5x 14.8x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 0.7x 1.3x
EV/FCF 28.4x 23.7x 24.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.5x 13.0x 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.47 0.06 -4.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBALLKALUSLGN
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.6% 40.4% 8.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 12.8% 2.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.8% 45.0% 3.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 38.7% 25.3% 3.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.6% 108.3% 2.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 88.4% 1.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 68.6% 109.9% -10.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 154.9% -4.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 77.1% 106.5% -9.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 151.1% -3.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 83.5% 29.7% 86.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.4% 19.6% 30.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 119.9% 860.0% 502.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.0% 67.0% 67.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBALLKALUSLGN
Gross margin 18.6% 13.4% 17.1%
EBITDA margin 14.7% 10.4% 13.7%
Operating margin 11.3% 7.7% 8.6%
Pretax margin 8.1% 6.5% 5.8%
Net margin 6.6% 4.8% 4.0%
FCF margin 5.8% 2.8% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 10.0% 5.0% 9.6%
Return on equity 16.7% 22.8% 11.3%
Return on assets 4.8% 7.5% 2.8%
Return on invested capital 9.6% 12.8% 5.5%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 15.1% 8.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.0x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.4% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBALLKALUSLGN
Debt / assets 35.9% 37.5% 50.3%
Debt / equity 1.3x 1.1x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.1x 4.9x
Debt / FCF 8.7x 8.8x 14.1x
Liabilities / assets 71.3% 66.6% 75.2%
Equity / assets 28.7% 33.4% 24.8%
Interest coverage 5.1x 6.1x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.1x 2.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.58 3.10 1.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBALLKALUSLGN
Dividend yield 1.3% 2.5% 2.2%
Net buyback yield 2.5% – 1.9%
Shareholder yield 3.7% 2.5% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.7% – 32.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 26.0% – 25.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) -6.9% – 4.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -5.2% – 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.

ConsensusBALLKALUSLGN
Forward P/E 16.4xFY2026 8.1xFY2026 9.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.86FY2026 $14.83FY2026 $4.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +145.9%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.8% -24.7% +6.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.75BFY2026 $4.46BFY2026 $6.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.7%FY2026 +32.4%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.8% +2.5% +10.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBALLKALUSLGN
Held by institutions 87.6% 100.0% 92.5%
Institutions holding 801 335 349
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +3.2% +4.9%
Institutions buying 383 194 190
Institutions selling 285 101 114
Buyers to sellers 1.34 1.92 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.

BALLKALUSLGN
BALL 1.00 0.03 0.64
KALU 0.03 1.00 0.12
SLGN 0.64 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BALL, KALU and SLGN?

Ball (BALL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ball (BALL) $17.12B, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) $1.97B, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) $4.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, BALL, KALU and SLGN?

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ball (BALL) 18.1x, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 9.0x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 15.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) is cheapest (Ball (BALL) 16.4x, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 8.1x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 9.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ball (BALL) +15.6%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) +40.4%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +8.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ball (BALL) has the highest net margin (Ball (BALL) 6.6%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 4.8%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 4.0%). On return on invested capital, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) leads (Ball (BALL) 9.6%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 12.8%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 5.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) returned the most: Ball (BALL) +28.9%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) +29.1%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -15.2%. Over five years, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) compounded fastest (Ball (BALL) -7.1%/yr, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) +4.5%/yr, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) -1.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) has the highest dividend yield: Ball (BALL) 0.01%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 0.00%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 0.02%. Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ball (BALL) has been the steadiest (Ball (BALL) 26.2%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) 57.9%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 34.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BALL, KALU 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, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) leads on 8. 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.