Ball (BLL) reports its third quarter earnings on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

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Ball ( BLL - news - people ), helped Bench produce a business plan and cash-flow projection and acted as a sounding board.

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In terms of the third quarter earnings growth and surprise, Mobile Mini outshone its peers Crown Holdings ( CCK), Silgan Holdings ( SLGN) and Ball Corp. ( BLL).

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, BLL makes up 2.47% of the Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: PYZ )which is trading lower by about 1.3% on the day Friday.

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With enterprise value (stock plus debt minus cash) at just seven times operating income (in the sense of Ebitda), O-I is in line with another big packager, Crown Holdings (95% of it metal), and is cheaper than Ball Corp. (nyse: BLL - news - people ), whose enterprise multiple is nine.

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