Ball (BLL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ball Corp. provides metal packaging for beverages, foods, and household products. It operates through the following business segments: Beverage Packaging North and Central America, Beverage Packaging South America, Beverage Packaging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Aerospace. The Beverage Packaging North and Central America segment includes multi-year supply contracts to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. The Beverage Packaging South America segment includes beverage containers in South America, and the manufacture of substantially all the metal beverage containers in Brazil. The Beverage Packaging EMEA segment consists of metal beverage containers in Europe, and other packaging materials used by the European beer and carbonated soft drink industries. The Aerospace segment provides diversified technical services and products to government agencies, prime contractors, and commercial organizations for a broad range of information warfare, electronic warfare, avionics, intelligence, training, and space system needs. The company was founded by Edmund Burke Ball, Frank Clayton Ball, George A. Ball, Lucius Lorenzo Ball, and William Cha

Key Stats

• Today's Range: N/A
• 50-Day Range: $69.49 to $94.23
• 52-Week Range: N/A
• Volume: 117,190 shs
• Average Volume: 1.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $22.22 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.32
• Dividend Yield: 1.15%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Ball Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ball scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 33rd out of 46 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Ball.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.52%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ball are expected to grow by 15.52% in the coming year, from $3.93 to $4.54 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ball is 20.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 136.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ball is 20.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 501.68.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ball has a PEG Ratio of 3.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BLL.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Ball pays a meaningful dividend of 1.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Ball does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ball is 23.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Ball will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.62% next year. This indicates that Ball will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.55

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BLL.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 34 news articles for Ball this week, compared to 32 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ball insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.40% of the stock of Ball is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.64% of the stock of Ball is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BLL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were Ball's earnings last quarter?

Ball Co. (NYSE:BLL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.06. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Ball's stock split?

Shares of Ball split before market open on Wednesday, May 17th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, May 16th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Does Ball have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Ball: Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagens Ltda, WaveFront Technologies Inc, Rexam PLC, Envases del Plata, Aerocan, Neuman Aluminium, Guangdong Jianlibao Group, and others.

What other stocks do shareholders of Ball own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Ball investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), AbbVie (ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/05/2022
• Today: 10/17/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Metal Cans
• Sub-Industry: Metal & Glass Containers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BLL
• CUSIP: 05849810
• CIK: 9389
• Web: www.ball.com
• Phone: (303) 469-3131
• Fax: 303-460-2127
• Employees: 24,300
• Year Founded: 1880

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 3.61
• Net Income: $878 million
• Net Margins: 7.80%
• Pretax Margin: 9.14%
• Return on Equity: 30.95%
• Return on Assets: 5.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.09
• Current Ratio: 0.97
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.81 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.00
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.54
• Book Value: $12.32 per share
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 319,789,000
• Free Float: 315,312,000
• Market Cap: $22.22 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.55