Zacks Research Predicts Ball's FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:BALL)

Key Points

• Zacks Research raised Ball Corporation’s FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate from $3.51 to $3.57, aligning with a consensus estimate of $3.48.
• Ball's recent earnings report exceeded estimates with earnings of $0.90 per share and revenue of $3.34 billion, up 12.8% year-over-year.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.20, with an annual yield of 1.5%, and a payout ratio of 41.45%.

Ball Corporation (NYSE:BALL - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Ball in a report issued on Tuesday, August 19th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $3.57 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.51. 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 $0.89 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.99 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $1.09 EPS.

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

BALL has been the subject of several other reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Ball from $50.00 to $54.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Ball from $55.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Loop Capital dropped their target price on shares of Ball from $83.00 to $78.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Ball from $61.00 to $57.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Ball from $62.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $65.27.

Ball Stock Performance

NYSE:BALL opened at $53.1650 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. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $56.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $53.08. Ball has a twelve month low of $43.51 and a twelve month high of $68.12. The company has a market capitalization of $14.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ball

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ball in the second quarter worth approximately $47,000. Headlands Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Ball by 228.9% in the second quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 7,899 shares of the company's stock worth $443,000 after acquiring an additional 5,497 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its position in shares of Ball by 210.0% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 25,541 shares of the company's stock worth $1,433,000 after acquiring an additional 17,303 shares during the last quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc acquired a new stake in shares of Ball in the second quarter worth approximately $46,000. Finally, State of Tennessee Department of Treasury boosted its position in shares of Ball by 24.8% in the second quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 167,594 shares of the company's stock worth $9,400,000 after acquiring an additional 33,301 shares during the last quarter. 86.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ball Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ball's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.45%.

Ball Company Profile

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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