Ball Corporation (NYSE:BALL - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Ball in a report released on Tuesday, July 1st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.87 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.86. The consensus estimate for Ball's current full-year earnings is $3.48 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball's FY2025 earnings at $3.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.98 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.08 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.44 EPS.
Ball (NYSE:BALL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $3.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.91 billion. Ball had a return on equity of 15.41% and a net margin of 4.18%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.68 EPS.
A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Ball from $62.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Mizuho cut their price objective on Ball from $63.00 to $58.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Ball from $55.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Ball from $61.00 to $57.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of Ball from $65.00 to $58.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $61.40.
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Ball Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:BALL traded down $0.13 during trading on Thursday, reaching $58.61. The company had a trading volume of 876,958 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,219,318. Ball has a twelve month low of $43.51 and a twelve month high of $68.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.26 billion, a PE ratio of 34.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.08. The firm's fifty day moving average is $54.14 and its 200 day moving average is $52.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 1.04.
Ball Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Monday, June 2nd were given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.36%. Ball's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 47.62%.
Institutional Trading of Ball
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Voya Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Ball by 0.6% in the first quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 88,214 shares of the company's stock worth $4,593,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio purchased a new stake in Ball in the 1st quarter worth approximately $10,935,000. Mattson Financial Services LLC lifted its position in Ball by 15.3% in the 1st quarter. Mattson Financial Services LLC now owns 17,142 shares of the company's stock worth $893,000 after buying an additional 2,280 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in Ball by 22.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 2,256 shares of the company's stock worth $117,000 after buying an additional 409 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ball by 925.9% during the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 182,289 shares of the company's stock worth $9,492,000 after acquiring an additional 164,521 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.51% of the company's stock.
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Ball Corporation supplies aluminum packaging products for the beverage, personal care, and household products industries in the United States, Brazil, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells aluminum beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages.
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