THE 5 COMPANIES IN THE METAL & GLASS CONTAINERS INDUSTRY WITH THE LOWEST EV TO FORWARD EBITDA RATIO (OI, GEF, CCK, ATR, BLL)

 Below are the five companies in the Metal & Glass Containers industry with the lowest Enterprise Value (EV) to Forward EBITDA ratios. EV/Forward EBITDA is an important metric used in valuing comparable companies and is based on estimated cash flow. It is capital structure neutral and generally the lower the ratio, the more undervalued the company is believed to be.

Owens-Illinois (NYSE:OI - Analyst Report) has the lowest with EV/Forward EBITDA of 4.86x; Greif (NYSE:GEF - Snapshot Report) is next with EV/Forward EBITDA of 5.60x; and Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK - Snapshot Report) has the next lowest with EV/Forward EBITDA of 6.63x.

Aptargroup (NYSE:ATR - Snapshot Report) follows with EV/Forward EBITDA of 6.73x and Ball (NYSE:BLL - Analyst Report) rounds out the group with EV/Forward EBITDA of 6.84x.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Owens-Illinois in an Downtrend and issued the Downtrend alert on June 03, 2011 at $30.59. The stock has fallen 46.1% since the Downtrend alert was issued.