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EV / sales at other companies

Amcor logo
AmcorAMCR
1.5×-0.1×
Packaging Corp of America logo
Packaging Corp of AmericaPKG
2.5×+0.2×
International Paper logo
International PaperIP
1.1×-1.0×
Smurfit Kappa Group logo
Smurfit Kappa GroupSW
1.1×-0.4×
Alcoa logo
AlcoaAA
1.5×+0.7×
Constellation Brands logo
Constellation BrandsSTZ
3.8×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.6B+16.3%
Gross profit$646.0M+7.0%
Operating income$196.0M-26.6%
Net income$205.0M+14.5%
EPS (diluted)$0.77+22.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$730.0M+62.6%
Total debt$7.9B+16.0%
Total equity$5.6B+1.8%
Total assets$19.8B+9.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$777.0M-16.8%
CapEx$161.0M+98.8%
Free cash flow-$938.0M-25.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.37B+7.0%
Enterprise value$22.53B+8.7%
P/E16.3×-12.0×
P/S1.1×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.2%-1.2pp
Operating margin9.6%+2.1pp
Net margin6.9%+2.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity17%+9.0pp
Debt / equity1.4×+0.2×
Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ball Corporation’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Ball Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ball Corporation's EV / sales?
Ball Corporation (BALL) reported EV / sales of 1.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Ball Corporation's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Ball Corporation's EV / sales decreased by 4.4% year-over-year, from 1.8× to 1.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Ball Corporation's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ball Corporation's EV / sales has grown at a -11.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11× to 6.7×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.