Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Ball Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research has increased its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Ball Corporation from $1.02 to $1.03, with a full-year earnings forecast of $3.48 per share.
• Several analysts have raised their price targets for Ball, with Truist Financial setting a new target of $69.00 and Royal Bank of Canada at $70.00, reflecting strong confidence in the company's performance.
• Ball announced a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, demonstrating its commitment to returning value to shareholders while maintaining a healthy dividend payout ratio of 41.45%.

Ball Corporation (NYSE:BALL - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Ball in a research note issued on Wednesday, September 3rd. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.03 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.02. The consensus estimate for Ball's current full-year earnings is $3.48 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.03 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.90 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $1.13 EPS.

BALL has been the subject of a number of other reports. Truist Financial increased their target price on Ball from $62.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Ball from $50.00 to $54.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Ball from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Ball from $55.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Ball from $60.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $65.27.

Ball Stock Down 1.9%

Shares of BALL opened at $50.10 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23. Ball has a 12-month low of $43.51 and a 12-month high of $68.12. The business's 50 day moving average is $55.90 and its 200 day moving average is $53.17. The company has a market capitalization of $13.63 billion, a PE ratio of 25.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.06.

Ball (NYSE:BALL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $3.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. Ball had a return on equity of 16.81% and a net margin of 4.49%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.74 EPS. Ball has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.550-3.650 EPS.

Ball Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 2nd. Ball's dividend payout ratio is presently 41.45%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Chairman Daniel William Fisher sold 3,400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.55, for a total value of $175,270.00. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 10,036 shares of the company's stock, valued at $517,355.80. This represents a 25.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Ball by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,210,060 shares of the company's stock worth $460,502,000 after acquiring an additional 207,733 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Ball by 5.1% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,370,274 shares of the company's stock worth $227,560,000 after purchasing an additional 210,838 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Ball in the second quarter worth $192,463,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Ball by 10.3% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,370,532 shares of the company's stock worth $175,480,000 after purchasing an additional 315,091 shares during the last quarter. Finally, London Co. of Virginia boosted its stake in shares of Ball by 61.1% during the fourth quarter. London Co. of Virginia now owns 3,054,393 shares of the company's stock valued at $168,389,000 after purchasing an additional 1,158,668 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.51% of the company's stock.

About Ball

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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