Research Analysts Set Expectations for Ball FY2025 Earnings

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lowered their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Ball in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $3.49 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.54. The consensus estimate for Ball’s current full-year earnings is $3.49 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Barclays decreased their price target on Ball from $72.00 to $61.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on Ball from $70.00 to $63.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Mizuho raised Ball from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $67.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Citigroup dropped their price target on Ball from $69.00 to $59.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on Ball from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $65.25.

Ball Trading Up 2.9 %

Ball stock opened at $50.45 on Friday. Ball has a 12 month low of $48.95 and a 12 month high of $71.32. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $53.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $60.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90. The company has a market capitalization of $15.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.94.

Ball (NYSE:BALL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.03. Ball had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 33.98%. The business had revenue of $2.88 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.92 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.78 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ball

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Picton Mahoney Asset Management raised its position in shares of Ball by 68.9% in the 4th quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management now owns 522 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Peterson Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Ball during the 3rd quarter worth $30,000. Venturi Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Ball by 328.4% during the 4th quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 664 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 509 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Ball during the 3rd quarter valued at about $47,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new stake in Ball during the 3rd quarter valued at about $66,000. 86.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Ball announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, January 29th that authorizes the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 24.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Ball Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. Ball’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 6.32%.

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.