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, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. 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 created shares were distributed 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 has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback 50,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.03. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.88 billion. Ball had a return on equity of 25.14% and a net margin of 4.93%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.55 EPS. View Ball's Earnings History.

Ball is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ball.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ball's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.10 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Ball's stock price to reach $79.01 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ball.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ball in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ball.

News headlines about BLL stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Ball earned a daily sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ball.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ball investors own include Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), NVIDIA (NVDA), Apache (APA), Netflix (NFLX), Home Depot (HD), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Visa (V), Amgen (AMGN), Walt Disney (DIS) and Pfizer (PFE).

Ball's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (17.88%), State Street Corp (4.32%), Jackson Square Partners LLC (3.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.90%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%). Company insiders that own Ball stock include Charles E Baker, Daniel William Fisher, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, 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 FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, State Street Corp, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, UBS Group AG, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, FIL Ltd, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Jackson Square Partners LLC, Fred Alger Management LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Echo Street Capital Management LLC and Franklin Resources Inc.. 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 $74.53.

Ball has a market capitalization of $24.28 billion and generates $11.47 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $566 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.53 on an earnings per share basis. Ball employs 18,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ball.

The official website for Ball is http://www.barnesgroupinc.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 https://ir.barnesgroupinc.com.