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Ball Corp (BLL)On Oct 26: 37.64  Down 0.01 (0.03%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):4.23B
Enterprise Value (27-Oct-04)³:5.94B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.37
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:13.99
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.39
Price/Sales (ttm):0.81
Price/Book (mrq):4.74
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.13
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:8.62
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.79%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.11%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.96%
Return on Equity (ttm):34.09%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.25B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):46.14
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:29.00%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:884.20M
EBITDA (ttm):688.50M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):261.60M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.299
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:47.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):35.90M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.32
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.74B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.953
Current Ratio (mrq):1.198
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.937
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:593.70M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:461.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.093
52-Week Change:33.62%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):25.88%
52-Week High (7-Oct-04):38.80
52-Week Low (17-Nov-03):26.60
50-Day Moving Average:42.68
200-Day Moving Average:60.73
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):562,170
Average Volume (10 day):581,000
Shares Outstanding:112.37M
Float:107.80M
% Held by Insiders:4.07%
% Held by Institutions:72.26%
Shares Short (as of 8-Oct-04):2.72M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Oct-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Oct-04):4.095
Short % of Float (as of 8-Oct-04):2.52%
Shares Short (prior month):2.67M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.40
Dividend Yield:1.06%
Dividend Date:15-Sep-04
Ex-Dividend Date:30-Aug-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:24-Aug-04
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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