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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.79%. 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 minted shares were payable 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 declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.88 billion. Ball had a return on equity of 25.14% and a net margin of 4.93%. The firm's revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $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 brokerages 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 share price to reach $79.01 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% 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 been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media 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 -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Ball.

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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 retail and institutional 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 $75.67.

Ball has a market capitalization of $24.65 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.