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BALL vs WMS

Side-by-side comparison of Ball Corporation (BALL) and Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (WMS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • BALL operates in Industrials, while WMS operates in Consumer Discretionary - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • BALL is the larger of the two at $14.09B, about 1.4x WMS ($9.98B).
  • Over the past year, BALL is down 2.4% and WMS is up 11.5% - WMS leads by 13.9 points.
  • WMS has been more active in the news (33 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for BALL).
  • BALL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 14 for WMS).
PerformanceBALL-2.39%WMS+11.47%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricBALLWMS
Company
Ball Corporation
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.
Price
$52.92+0.47%
$130.14-0.80%
Market cap
$14.09B
$9.98B
1M return
-10.30%
-12.52%
1Y return
-2.39%
+11.47%
Industry
Containers/Packaging
Containers/Packaging
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2014
News (4w)
2
33
Recent ratings
25
14
BALL

Ball Corporation

Ball Corporation supplies aluminum packaging products for the beverage, personal care, and household products industries in the United States, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Beverage Packaging, North and Central America; Beverage Packaging, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Beverage Packaging, South America; and Aerospace. The company manufactures and sells aluminum beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. It also develops spacecraft, sensors and instruments, radio frequency systems, and other technologies for the civil, commercial, and national security aerospace markets, as well as offers defense hardware, antenna and video tactical solutions, civil and operational space hardware, and systems engineering services. In addition, the company designs, manufactures, and tests satellites, remote sensors, and ground station control hardware and software; and provides launch vehicle integration and satellite operational services. Further, it offers target identification, warning, and attitude control systems and components; cryogenic systems and associated sensor cooling devices; star trackers; and fast-steering mirrors to the government agencies or their prime contractors. Additionally, the company manufactures and sells extruded aluminum aerosol containers, recloseable aluminum bottles, aluminum cups, and aluminum slugs. Ball Corporation was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.

WMS

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets thermoplastic corrugated pipes and related water management products, and drainage solutions for use in the underground construction and infrastructure marketplace in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through Pipe, International and Infiltrator, and Allied Products & Other segments. The company offers single, double, and triple wall corrugated polypropylene and polyethylene pipes; plastic leachfield chambers and systems, EZflow synthetic aggregate bundles, mechanical aerated wastewater solutions, septic tanks and accessories, and combined treatment dispersal systems; and allied products, including storm retention/detention and septic chambers, polyvinyl chloride drainage structures, fittings, and water quality filters and separators. It also purchases and distributes construction fabrics and other geosynthetic products for soil stabilization, reinforcement, filtration, separation, erosion control, and sub-surface drainage, as well as drainage grates and other products. The company offers its products for non-residential, residential, agriculture, and infrastructure applications through a network of approximately 38 distribution centers. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio.

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