NYSE:BLLBall Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ball's stock was trading at $69.76 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BLL shares have increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $72.40. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ball in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ball.

Ball is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ball.

Ball will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 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.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The industrial products company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.79 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.81 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.11% and a return on equity of 28.11%. Ball's revenue for the quarter was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share. View Ball's earnings history.

Ball announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Ball's dividend history.

Shares of Ball split on 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 approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ball's shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Ball's stock price to reach $79.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ball.

News stories about BLL stock have trended very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Ball.

Ball saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,730,000 shares, a drop of 7.3% from the May 31st total of 10,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ball's Current Options Chain.

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

Ball's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Robecosam AG (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ball stock 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 institutional ownership trends for Ball.

BLL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 6 Meridian, Addenda Capital Inc., Park National Corp OH, and IBM Retirement Fund. 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 activity for Ball.

BLL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Robecosam AG, DNB Asset Management AS, and Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $72.40.

Ball has a market capitalization of $23.60 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.

The official website for Ball is 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]