Ball vs Greif
Ball reported revenue of $13.2 billion in fiscal 2025, 3.3 times Greif's $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025. Ball's revenue grew 11.6% in its latest year, and Greif's fell 9.7%. Free cash flow was $788 million at Ball and −$85 million at Greif. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and September 30), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Ball | Greif | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Sep 30, 2025 |
| Revenue | $13.2B | $3.9B |
| Revenue growth | 11.6% | −9.7% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 2.2% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 21.4% |
| Free cash flow | $788M | −$85M |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.0% | −2.2% |
| Return on capital | 10.3% | 1.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.8x | 2.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.5B | $101M |
| Change in diluted share count | −10.5% | — |
| Last close | $64.45 | $82.75 |
| P/E at the last close | 18.3× | — |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $100,055, sold $2.3 million | bought $4.6 million, sold $18.3 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 8 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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