BALL vs SLGN vs AMBP Stock Comparison

Ball, Silgan Holdings and Ardagh Metal Packaging Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BALL BALL Corp
$66.94 +16.6% 1M +36.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.42B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.14B
Div. yield
1.20%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
5 wins
SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc
$41.66 +18.2% 1M +5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.40B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.71B
Div. yield
1.99%
Metal Packaging Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionBALLSLGNAMBPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.42B $4.40B $2.85B BALL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.2x 16.8x 49.1x SLGN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.3x 10.4x 17.6x SLGN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.2% +4.5% +17.0% BALL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.5% 3.9% 0.9% SLGN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.5% 5.3% 5.6% BALL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 4.7x 4.8x BALL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.20% 1.99% 6.30% AMBP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.9% +5.9% +38.8% AMBP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.9%/yr +0.3%/yr -13.2%/yr SLGN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.0% 32.6% 33.9% BALL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 60/100 76/100 AMBP

Percentile Scorecard

BALLSLGNAMBP

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

AxisBALLSLGNAMBP
Valuation 19 #14 of 17 81 #4 of 17 94 #2 of 17
Growth 80 #4 of 16 73 #5 of 16 100 #1 of 16
Profitability 80 #4 of 16 87 #3 of 16 73 #5 of 16
Financial Health 50 #9 of 17 38 #11 of 17 13 #15 of 17
Shareholder Returns 46 #8 of 14 23 #11 of 14 100 #1 of 14
Overall 55 60 76
  • BALL ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SLGN ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • AMBP ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBALLSLGNAMBPSPY
1 month +16.6%+18.2%+7.4% -5.9%
3 months +6.0%+0.2%-5.2% -4.6%
6 months +14.6%+3.5%+20.2% +0.2%
Year to date +26.4%+3.2%+16.1% +7.5%
1 year +36.9%+5.9%+38.8% +8.2%
3 years +32.6%-0.1%+32.2% +68.3%
3 years, per year +9.9%0.0%+9.8% +19.0%
5 years -26.0%+1.6%-50.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year -5.9%+0.3%-13.2% +9.4%
10 years +75.1%+65.9%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +5.8%+5.2%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureBALLSLGNAMBPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.0%32.6%33.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.3%32.9%33.0% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.160.480.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.320.181.14 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-39.6%-74.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.7%-14.8%-11.2% -5.9%
52-week high $68.07$48.89$5.36 $779.14
52-week low $46.41$34.74$3.32 $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.

MultipleBALLSLGNAMBP
P/E now vs peer median 33.2xmedian 33.2x 16.8xmedian 33.2x 49.1xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 10.3x 9.5xmedian 10.3x 8.2xmedian 10.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.9xmedian 17.5x 12.7xmedian 17.5x 4.6xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 1.6x 1.8xmedian 1.6x -3.7xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 19.35median 0.82 -8.22median 0.82 0.71median 0.82

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 monthsBALLSLGNAMBP
Revenue $15.14B $6.71B $6.26B
Gross profit $2.70B $1.14B $766.00M
Operating income $1.07B $566.81M $337.00M
Net income $534.00M $261.98M $346.00M
Free cash flow $602.00M $346.69M $612.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.02 $2.47 $0.10
Cash & equivalents $410.00M $324.99M $213.00M
Total debt $7.28B $4.55B $4.21B
Shares (diluted) 263.82M 105.94M 597.70M
Enterprise value $14.60B $2.21B $1.79B

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
MetricBALLSLGNAMBP
P/E 33.2x 16.8x 49.1x
P/FCF 28.9x 12.7x 4.6x
P/Operating cash flow 14.2x 6.8x 5.8x
P/S 1.2x 0.7x 0.5x
P/B 3.0x 1.8x -3.7x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 2.7x -3.7x
EV/EBITDA 15.5x 9.5x 8.2x
EV/EBIT 22.7x 15.2x 20.3x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 1.3x 1.1x
EV/FCF 40.4x 24.9x 11.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.7x 13.3x 13.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 19.35 -8.22 0.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBALLSLGNAMBP
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.2% 4.5% 17.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 3.2% 9.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.1% 0.5% 12.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.5% 4.3% 18.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.4% -3.8% 26.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.9% 1.5% 60.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -22.0% -16.9% 529.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -4.5% -2.9% 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -19.1% -16.2% 480.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.7% -2.0% 69.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 123.4% 74.1% 5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.3% 33.9% 2.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 330.0% 431.3% 9.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 100.6% -6.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBALLSLGNAMBP
Gross margin 17.8% 17.0% 12.2%
EBITDA margin 10.4% 13.5% 13.4%
Operating margin 7.1% 8.4% 5.4%
Pretax margin 4.2% 5.7% 0.8%
Net margin 3.5% 3.9% 0.9%
FCF margin 4.0% 5.2% 9.8%
Operating cash flow margin 8.1% 9.6% 7.9%
Return on equity 9.3% 10.6% –
Return on assets 2.6% 2.7% 0.6%
Return on invested capital 6.5% 5.3% 5.6%
Return on capital employed 7.9% 7.9% 8.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.5x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBALLSLGNAMBP
Debt / assets 36.0% 48.4% 77.4%
Debt / equity 1.3x 1.8x -5.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 4.7x 4.8x
Debt / FCF 12.1x 13.1x 6.9x
Liabilities / assets 71.7% 73.6% 114.0%
Equity / assets 28.3% 26.4% -14.0%
Interest coverage 3.5x 3.1x 1.3x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.4x 0.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.52 1.96 0.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBALLSLGNAMBP
Dividend yield 1.2% 2.0% 6.3%
Net buyback yield 2.8% 0.4% –
Shareholder yield 4.0% 2.4% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 39.9% 33.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.4% 25.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -5.3% 3.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -5.5% 4.5% –

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.

ConsensusBALLSLGNAMBP
Forward P/E 17.3xFY2026 10.4xFY2026 17.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.86FY2026 $4.00FY2026 $0.27FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +28.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.8% +6.0% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.75BFY2026 $6.50BFY2026 $6.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.7%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.8% +10.1% -8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBALLSLGNAMBP
Held by institutions 87.6% 92.5% 20.9%
Institutions holding 803 352 225
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +4.9% +2.5%
Institutions buying 383 191 125
Institutions selling 285 115 63
Buyers to sellers 1.34 1.66 1.98

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.

BALLSLGNAMBP
BALL 1.00 0.64 0.58
SLGN 0.64 1.00 0.59
AMBP 0.58 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BALL, SLGN and AMBP?

Ball (BALL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ball (BALL) $17.42B, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) $4.40B, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) $2.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, BALL, SLGN and AMBP?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ball (BALL) 33.2x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 16.8x, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 49.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) is cheapest (Ball (BALL) 17.3x, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 10.4x, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 17.6x). 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) +19.2%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +4.5%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) +17.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Silgan Holdings (SLGN) has the highest net margin (Ball (BALL) 3.5%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 3.9%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 0.9%). On return on invested capital, Ball (BALL) leads (Ball (BALL) 6.5%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 5.3%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 5.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) returned the most: Ball (BALL) +36.9%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +5.9%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) +38.8%. Over five years, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) compounded fastest (Ball (BALL) -5.9%/yr, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) +0.3%/yr, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) -13.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) has the highest dividend yield: Ball (BALL) 1.20%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 1.99%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 6.30%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ball (BALL) has been the steadiest (Ball (BALL) 28.0%, Silgan Holdings (SLGN) 32.6%, Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) 33.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ball (BALL) 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.