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Ball
Rank: 348 (Previous rank: 374)
Get quote: BLL
Financials: Latest quarterly results
CEO: R. David Hoover
Address: 10 Longs Peak Dr., Broomfield, CO 80021
Phone: 303-469-3131
Website: http://www.ball.com
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Revenues 6,621.5 15.1
Profits 329.6 26.0
Assets 5,840.9
Stockholders' Equity 1,165.4
Market Value 3/23/2007 4,746.1
Revenues 5.0
Assets 5.6
Stockholders' equity 28.3
2006 $ 3.14
% change from 2005 31.9
1996-2006 annual growth rate % 33.9
2006 10.8
1996-2006 annual rate 22.4
1 Smurfit-Stone Container 303 7,944.0
2 Owens-Illinois 318 7,523.5
3 Crown Holdings 328 7,140.0
4 Ball 348 6,621.5
5 MeadWestvaco 350 6,530.0
6 Temple-Inland 414 5,581.0
7 Sealed Air 499 4,327.9
8 Sonoco Products 563 3,656.8
9 Bemis 564 3,639.4
10 Pactiv 663 2,917.0
11 Silgan Holdings 703 2,667.5
12 Greif 715 2,628.5
13 Graphic Packaging 766 2,413.0
14 Packaging Corp. of America 808 2,187.0
15 Rock-Tenn 822 2,138.1
16 AptarGroup 984 1,601.4
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