NYSE:BLL - Ball Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ball trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BLL."

Ball declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Ball's Dividend History.

Shares of Ball split on the morning of Wednesday, May 17th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, May 16th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Ball stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Ball announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 22.86%. The business's revenue was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.56 EPS. View Ball's Earnings History.

Ball is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ball.

8 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Ball's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.10 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Ball's stock price to reach $77.02 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ball.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ball in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ball.

Media headlines about BLL stock have been trending extremely positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ball earned a media sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Ball.

Ball saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,730,000 shares, a decline of 10.2% from the October 31st total of 6,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ball's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ball include Crown (CCK), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Silgan (SLGN), Greif (GEF), Owens-Illinois (OI) and Myers Industries (MYE).

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Ball's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.45%), Chilton Investment Co. LLC (0.92%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.81%), SPF Beheer BV (0.40%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.38%). Company insiders that own Ball stock include Charles E Baker, Daniel William Fisher, James N Peterson, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, Lisa Ann Pauley, Nate C Carey, R David Hoover, Robert D Strain, Scott C Morrison and Stuart A Taylor II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ball.

BLL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Mackay Shields LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Squarepoint Ops LLC, British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, SPF Beheer BV and Daiwa Securities Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ball company stock in the last year include Charles E Baker, Daniel William Fisher, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, Nate C Carey, Robert D Strain, Scott C Morrison and Stuart A Taylor II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ball.

BLL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Eagle Asset Management Inc., AMG National Trust Bank, State Street Corp, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ball.

Shares of BLL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.55.

Ball has a market capitalization of $20.79 billion and generates $11.64 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $454 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis. Ball employs 17,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ball.

The official website for Ball is http://www.ball.com/.

Ball's mailing address is 10 Longs Peak Drive, Broomfield CO, 80021. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 303-469-3131 or via email at [email protected]