Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Ball Earnings

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Ball in a report released on Monday, January 13th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the company will earn $0.93 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.92. The consensus estimate for Ball's current full-year earnings is $3.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball's FY2026 earnings at $3.93 EPS.

Ball (NYSE:BALL - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $3.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. Ball had a net margin of 34.05% and a return on equity of 17.46%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.83 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $75.00 price target on shares of Ball in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Ball from $78.00 to $73.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Ball from $78.00 to $75.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an "underweight" rating and set a $49.00 price target (down from $56.00) on shares of Ball in a research note on Thursday. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of Ball from a "sell" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $62.00 to $58.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ball presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $68.17.

Ball Stock Performance

Ball stock traded down $0.24 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $54.02. 1,516,008 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,444,025. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $58.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $61.72. Ball has a twelve month low of $51.96 and a twelve month high of $71.32. The firm has a market cap of $16.12 billion, a PE ratio of 4.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 1.09.

Ball Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.48%. Ball's payout ratio is 6.03%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in BALL. Peterson Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Ball in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ball in the third quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new position in shares of Ball during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $66,000. Quarry LP raised its position in shares of Ball by 598.6% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 999 shares of the company's stock worth $60,000 after purchasing an additional 856 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Ball by 29.1% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,011 shares of the company's stock valued at $69,000 after buying an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.51% of the company's stock.

Ball Company Profile

Ball Corporation supplies aluminum packaging products for the beverage, personal care, and household products industries in the United States, Brazil, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells aluminum beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages.