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Profile - Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 26Conference call: Ball Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week high ($53.25)
Upcoming Events
Sep 17Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
10 Longs Peak Drive, P.O. Box 5000
Broomfield, CO 80021
Phone: (303) 469-3131
Fax: (303) 460-2127
Email: ascott@ball.com
Employees (last reported count): 11,200
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Containers & Packaging
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Index Membership
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 26%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 5 insider buys; 17.0K shares (0.2% of insider shares)
 · 2 insider sells; 11.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 76% (103% of float)
(499 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 159.0K shares (+0.75%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ball Corporation is a manufacturer of metal and plastic packaging, primarily for beverages and foods, and a supplier of aerospace and other technologies and services to commercial and governmental customers. Ball's principal business is the manufacture and sale of rigid packaging products, primarily for beverages and foods. The aerospace and technologies segment includes civil space systems, defense systems, commercial space operations, commercial products and technologies, systems engineering services and advanced antenna and video systems.
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Financial Summary
Ball Corp. is a manufacturer of metal and plastic packaging, primarily for beverages and foods, and a supplier of aerospace and other technologies and services to commercial customers. For the six months ended 7/1/01, sales rose less than 1% to $1.84 billion. Net loss applicable to Com. totalled $144.8 million vs. an income of $3.3 million. Results reflect higher aerospace and technologies sales due to a recently completed program, offset by increased consolidation costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

George Sissel, 64
Chairman
$2.6M
R. David Hoover, 55
Pres, CEO, Director
1.5M
Leon Midgett, 58
Exec. VP, COO
988K
Raymond Seabrook, 49
Sr. VP, CFO
695K
David Westerlund, 50
Sr. VP, Admin.
596K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BLLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$28.563
Recent Price$52.65 
52-Week High
on 27-Aug-2001
$53.25 
Beta0.36 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)160.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)187.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+50.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+101.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.46B
Shares Outstanding27.7M
Float20.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield1.14%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Oct-1985
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$16.78 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.25 
Earnings (mrq)-$5.92 
Sales (ttm)$124.49 
Cash (mrq*)$0.90 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.14 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.42 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.67B
EBITDA (ttm*)$176.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$82.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-2.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)0.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-3.01%
Return on Equity (ttm)-13.97%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.55 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.31 
Total Cash (mrq)$24.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short379.0K
Percent of Float1.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
372.0K
Short Ratio2.43 
Daily Volume156.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001)

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