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. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Ball's Dividend History.

Ball shares 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 distributed 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 approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 50,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $2.95 billion during 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%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period 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, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ball.

Ball will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

10 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Ball's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.10 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate Ball's stock price to reach $77.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% 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.

Media coverage about BLL stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Ball earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage 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 impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Ball.

Ball saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,640,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the December 15th total of 7,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.11%), Palisade Asset Management LLC (0.05%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Sciencast Management LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank, Palisade Asset Management LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN and Calamos Advisors LLC. 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 Welch & Forbes LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Polianta Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Sonora Investment Management LLC and Allworth Financial LP. 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 $69.24.

Ball has a market capitalization of $22.65 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]