Metal & Glass Containers

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from "neutral" to "buy." BLL's shares closed at $68.05 on Friday. Ball's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 34.17%. Analysts at RBC Capital upgrade Ceragon Networks Ltd (NASDAQ: CRNT) from "sector perform" to "outperform." CRNT's shares closed at...

Goldman Sachs has a Neutral rating and a $14 price target on shares of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM). In a note sent to clients, Goldman writes, "We recently hosted Graham Packaging (GRM) senior management for a day of meetings with investors in New York. Our takeaways from the meetings...

Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) has agreed to purchase the food can business of Vienna, Austria-based Vogel & Noot Holding for 250 million euros (approximately $335 million). The transaction is expected to be modestly accretive to Silgan's 2011 earnings. The transaction is expected to close in...

Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) has agreed to purchase the food can business of Vienna, Austria-based Vogel & Noot Holding for 250 million euros (approximately $335 million). The transaction is expected to be modestly accretive to Silgan's 2011 earnings. The transaction is expected to close in...

Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) was downgraded by BMO Capital from "market perform" to "underperform." BYD's shares closed at $9.70 yesterday. Boyd Gaming's PEG ratio is -5.45. RW Baird downgraded C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: CHRW) from “outperform” to “neutral.” CHRW's stock closed at...

Analysts at Credit Suisse downgrade Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) from “outperform” to “neutral.” The target price has been reduced from $71 to $69. BLL shares gained 0.57% to close at $68.77 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

On the news that Silgan Holdings (NASDAQ: SLGN) has entered into an agreement to purchase Vogel & Noot Holding AG, a European food can producer, Goldman Sachs said that it is maintaining its estimates. “We rate SLGN shares Neutral as we prefer Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) and Crown Holdings,...

Shares of Joy Global Inc (NASDAQ: JOYG) gained about 6% after the company reported upbeat FQ4 results. The company's earnings came in at $1.39 per share, up from $1.20 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's sales rose 8.9% y/y to $1.05 billion. However, analysts expected earnings of $...

Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SLGN) today announced that is has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Vogel & Noot Holding AG to purchase its food can business. Vogel & Noot, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, currently operates 12 food can manufacturing facilities throughout...

Owens-Illinois Inc. (OI) has entered into an agreement to acquire the glass container manufacturing business of Hebei Rixin Glass Group Co. Ltd. in northern China, which includes two plants. This deal, on closing, will more than double Owens-Illinois' capacity in China, catapulting it to the...

Owens-Illinois Inc. (OI) has entered into an agreement to acquire the glass container manufacturing business of Hebei Rixin Glass Group Co. Ltd. in northern China, which includes two plants. This deal, on closing, will more than double Owens-Illinois' capacity in China, catapulting it to the...

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that power industry executive James H. Miller has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. The Board now has 11 members.

Ball Corporation (BLL) announced the acquisition of Aerocan, a European manufacturer of aluminum aerosol cans and bottles, for approximately 221 million euros ($292.1 million) from Barclays Private Equity, including assumption of debt and other liabilities. The company expects the after-tax...

Ball Corporation (BLL) announced the acquisition of Aerocan, a European manufacturer of aluminum aerosol cans and bottles, for approximately 221 million euros ($292.1 million) from Barclays Private Equity, including assumption of debt and other liabilities. The company expects the after-tax...