NYSE:BLL - Ball Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Ball declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 31st. 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 created shares were payable 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 authorizes the company to repurchase 25,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The industrial products company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.58. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.01 billion. Ball had a net margin of 4.12% and a return on equity of 19.93%. The firm's revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.53 EPS. View Ball's Earnings History.

Ball is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ball.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Ball's stock. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Ball's stock price to reach $45.2222 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ball.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ball in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ball.

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Headlines about BLL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ball earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Ball.

Ball's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.25%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.49%), Putnam Investments LLC (1.20%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%) and FMR LLC (1.08%). Company insiders that own Ball stock include Daniel J Heinrich, Daniel William Fisher, James N Peterson, Jeff A Knobel, John A Hayes, Lisa Ann Pauley, R David Hoover, Robert D Strain, 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, Bank of America Corp DE, FMR LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Arizona State Retirement System, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have sold Ball company stock in the last year include 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 Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Cooke & Bieler LP, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Brown Advisory Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Decatur Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Ball stock in the last two years include Daniel J Heinrich and Daniel William Fisher. 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 $40.97.

Ball has a market capitalization of $13.98 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]