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336. Ball
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 336 (Previous rank: 348)
Compare tool: Ball vs. Top 10
CEO: R. David Hoover
Address: 10 Longs Peak Dr.
Broomfield, CO 80021
Phone: 303-469-3131
Website: www.ball.com
Revenues 7,389.7 11.6
Profits 281.3 -14.7
Assets 6,020.6
Stockholders' equity 1,342.5
Market value (3/28/2008) 4,406.2
Revenues 3.8
Assets 4.7
Stockholders' equity 21.0
2007 $ 2.74
% change from 2006 -12.7
1997-2007 annual growth rate % 20.2
2007 4.0
1997-2007 annual rate 19.0
1 Owens-Illinois 314 8,134.1
2 Crown Holdings 325 7,727.0
3 Smurfit-Stone Container 334 7,420.0
4 Ball 336 7,389.7
5 MeadWestvaco 356 6,906.0
6 Sealed Air 494 4,651.2
7 Sonoco Products 550 4,040.0
8 Temple-Inland 557 3,926.0
9 Bemis 586 3,649.3
10 Greif 621 3,322.3
11 Pactiv 633 3,253.0
12 Berry Plastics Group 664 3,055.0
13 Silgan Holdings 686 2,923.0
14 Graphic Packaging 773 2,504.6
15 Graham Packaging 777 2,493.5
16 Packaging Corp. of America 810 2,316.0
17 Rock-Tenn 811 2,315.8
18 AptarGroup 920 1,892.2
From the May 5, 2008 issue
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