NYSE:BLL - Ball Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ball announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Ball's Dividend History.

Shares of Ball split on 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 closing bell 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 authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.05 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 22.86%. Ball's revenue was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior 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.

9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Ball's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.10 to $87.00. On average, they expect Ball's stock price to reach $78.16 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ball.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ball in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ball.

News stories about BLL stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ball earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ball.

Ball saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 6,840,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the November 14th total of 6,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Nomura Holdings Inc., 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. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 $63.34.

Ball has a market capitalization of $20.72 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]