Zacks Research Weighs in on Ball’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:BALL)

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Ball in a research note issued on Monday, October 21st. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the company will earn $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.74. The consensus estimate for Ball’s current full-year earnings is $3.12 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.90 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on BALL. Morgan Stanley raised Ball from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $69.00 to $78.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. UBS Group lifted their target price on Ball from $56.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Ball from $77.00 to $75.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Robert W. Baird raised Ball from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $70.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 14th. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $78.00 price target (up previously from $76.00) on shares of Ball in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $71.08.

Ball Trading Up 0.0 %

BALL stock opened at $65.48 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $65.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $65.17. Ball has a one year low of $43.29 and a one year high of $71.32. The stock has a market cap of $20.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.88.

Ball (NYSE:BALL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.04. Ball had a net margin of 32.79% and a return on equity of 19.45%. The firm had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ball

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BALL. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its holdings in Ball by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 18,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,137,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in Ball by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 8,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $525,000 after buying an additional 174 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue lifted its holdings in Ball by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 34,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,304,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the period. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators lifted its stake in shares of Ball by 17.0% in the 2nd quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators now owns 1,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares during the period. Finally, Veracity Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of Ball by 5.6% in the 1st quarter. Veracity Capital LLC now owns 3,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares during the period. 86.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ball Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.22%. Ball’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6.02%.

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.