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Ball Corp (BLL)On Dec 8: 43.88  Up 0.36 (0.83%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):4.94B
Enterprise Value (9-Dec-04)³:6.46B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.94
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.78
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.52
Price/Sales (ttm):0.91
Price/Book (mrq):4.93
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.20
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:8.77
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.22%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.67%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.61%
Return on Equity (ttm):35.03%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.37B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):47.201
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:29.00%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:884.20M
EBITDA (ttm):736.50M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):294.50M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.59
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:47.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):67.80M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.6
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.62B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.633
Current Ratio (mrq):1.208
Book Value Per Share (mrq):8.835
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:617.60M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:479.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.171
52-Week Change:58.83%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):40.50%
52-Week High (1-Dec-04):45.20
52-Week Low (13-Jan-04):28.10
50-Day Moving Average:40.09
200-Day Moving Average:57.94
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):734,863
Average Volume (10 day):491,000
Shares Outstanding:112.60M
Float:108.00M
% Held by Insiders:4.09%
% Held by Institutions:69.30%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):3.44M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):4.681
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):3.19%
Shares Short (prior month):2.72M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.40
Dividend Yield:0.92%
Dividend Date:15-Dec-04
Ex-Dividend Date:29-Nov-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-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
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fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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