NYSE:BLL - Ball Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Ball declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Ball's Dividend History.

Ball's stock split on Wednesday, May 17th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly minted 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 authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 25,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The industrial products company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.58 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.04% and a return on equity of 19.86%. The business's revenue was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.38 EPS. View Ball's Earnings History.

Ball is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ball.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Ball's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Ball's share price to reach $45.4167 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Ball.

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Media coverage about BLL stock has trended positive on Monday, according to Accern. Accern scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ball earned a daily sentiment score of 0.34 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 43.35 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Ball's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.35%), BlackRock Inc. (6.16%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.13%), Northern Trust Corp (1.09%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.91%) and Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (0.83%). Company insiders that own Ball stock include Cynthia A Niekamp, Daniel J Heinrich, Daniel William Fisher, Erik Bouts, George M Smart, James N Peterson, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, Lisa Ann Pauley, Pedro Henrique Mariani, R David Hoover, Robert D Strain, Robert W Alspaugh, Scott C Morrison and Shawn M Barker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ball.

BLL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, American Century Companies Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC, King Luther Capital Management Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Sei Investments Co., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and Cannell Peter B & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ball company stock in the last year include Daniel William Fisher, James N Peterson, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, Lisa Ann Pauley, R David Hoover, Robert D Strain and Scott C Morrison. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ball.

BLL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel Lllp, Select Equity Group L.P., SPF Beheer BV and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. Company insiders that have bought Ball stock in the last two years include Cynthia A Niekamp, Daniel J Heinrich, Daniel William Fisher, Erik Bouts, George M Smart, John A Hayes, Pedro Henrique Mariani and Robert W Alspaugh. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.74.

Ball has a market capitalization of $12.80 billion and generates $10.98 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $374 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.04 on an earnings per share basis. Ball employs 18,300 workers across the globe.

Ball's mailing address is 10 Longs Peak Drive, Broomfield CO, 80038. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 303-469-3131 or via email at [email protected]