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

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Ball in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 21st. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast 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 brokerages have also commented on BALL. Baird R W raised Ball from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 14th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $78.00 target price (up from $76.00) on shares of Ball in a report on Friday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley raised Ball from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the company from $69.00 to $78.00 in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. Citigroup increased their price target on Ball from $66.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price target on Ball from $77.00 to $75.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. 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 issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $71.08.

Ball Stock Performance

Shares of BALL opened at $65.48 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.18. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $65.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $65.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.88. Ball has a 52 week low of $43.29 and a 52 week high of $71.32.

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

Ball Dividend Announcement

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ball

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ball by 0.8% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 35,855,312 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,415,214,000 after acquiring an additional 267,479 shares during the period. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Ball by 114.1% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,057,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,347,000 after buying an additional 2,162,167 shares during the period. Mirova US LLC boosted its stake in Ball by 0.5% during the second quarter. Mirova US LLC now owns 2,495,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,780,000 after buying an additional 13,320 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Ball by 7.7% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,414,615 shares of the company’s stock valued at $144,951,000 after buying an additional 171,924 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in Ball by 6.1% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 1,720,859 shares of the company’s stock valued at $116,864,000 after buying an additional 99,306 shares during the period. 86.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.