Ball vs Silgan
Ball reported revenue of $13.2 billion in fiscal 2025, 2.0 times Silgan's $6.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Ball's revenue grew 11.6% in its latest year, and Silgan's grew 10.7%. Free cash flow was $788 million at Ball and $423 million at Silgan.
Side by side
| Ball | Silgan | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $13.2B | $6.5B |
| Revenue growth | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 17.7% |
| Operating margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow | $788M | $423M |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.0% | 6.5% |
| Return on capital | 10.3% | 7.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.8x | 3.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.5B | $161M |
| Change in diluted share count | −10.5% | −0.3% |
| Last close | $64.45 | $39.03 |
| P/E at the last close | 18.3× | 15.2× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $100,055, sold $2.3 million | bought $305,440, sold $0 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 8 | 7 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ 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.
Ten years
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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