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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View Ball's Dividend History.

Ball shares split on Wednesday, May 17th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly issued 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which allows the company to buyback 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.88 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.93% and a return on equity of 25.14%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.55 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives 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 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.

Media coverage about BLL stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ball earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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).

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Ball's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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.