Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BALL scored 65.9, AMCR scored 70.9 — AMCR leads.
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BALL
Ball Corporation
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
65.9
$58.46 · $15.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.0
AMCR leads
AMCR
Amcor plc
Packaging & Containers · Quality-Growth
70.9
$41.72 · $19.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBALL16.7x
Fastest growthAMCR+56.6%
Strongest balance sheetAMCR1.28
Highest qualityBALL65 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueAMCR-39%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BALL
stronger →← stronger
AMCR
65
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
54
69
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
81
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
82
AMCR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BALL
AMCR
$827mC+
FCF
$1.2bC+
+15.6%B+
Rev
+56.6%A
1.31B
D/E
1.28B
16.7xB
P/E
17.5xB
0.98B+
PEG
0.96B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BALL
AMCR
1% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
39% below
~9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-4%/yr
-11%
1-yr DCF upside
+50%
-1%
5-yr DCF upside
+63%
+16%
10-yr DCF upside
+84%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BALL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
AMCR
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
BALLBall Corporation
Packaging & Containers · $58.46 · beta 0.96
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $15.5b. 14% off the 52-week high of $68.29. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.98 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $71.86 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
AMCRAmcor plc
Packaging & Containers · $41.72 · beta 0.58
Why now
Packaging & Containers · market cap $19.3b. 18% off the 52-week high of $50.94. Revenue growing +57% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.96 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $49.76 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 111% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Dividend payout 109% of earnings on a 6.2% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. Net margin 4.7% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BALL and AMCR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.0 points in favor of AMCR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueBALL 64.0 · AMCR 81.6AMCR +17.6
GrowthBALL 68.7 · AMCR 81.3AMCR +12.6
QualityBALL 65.1 · AMCR 53.6BALL +11.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is AMCR or BALL the better stock?
AMCR scores higher: AMCR 70.9, BALL 65.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do AMCR and BALL differ most?
The widest gap is value, where AMCR leads by 18 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are AMCR and BALL scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.