BALLBall Corporation

$57.12+13% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 54 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Average. Ball Corporation scores higher than 56% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by capital allocation, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.

Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

52median 13

Ball Corporation is valued at 16.3x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
16.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

36median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 6.7% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
6.7%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 7.3%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

58median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 5 cents. New capital earned 13%, and 37% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
4.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

97median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 3.7% a year over 5 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-3.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 1.4% a year, sales 2.2%
92
12%
-2%
-0.9%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

62median 62

Today's operating margin of 8.9% is 1.04x its normal 8.6%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 8 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 8.9%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

24median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA3.5x a year of EBITDA
24
4.5x
0.5x
3.5x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
24
1.5x
12x
4.1x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

35median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.57x profit over 3 years
0
0.7x
1x
1.3x
0.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 1.9% of assets
69
8%
0%
-8%
-1.9%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.