Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook of Ball FY2025 Earnings

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their FY2025 earnings estimates for Ball in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $3.49 for the year, down from their previous estimate 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.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Truist Financial lowered their price target 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 price target on shares of Ball from $75.00 to $70.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on shares of Ball from $70.00 to $63.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “underweight” rating and set a $49.00 price target (down previously from $56.00) on shares of Ball in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Ball from $72.00 to $61.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. One equities research 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $65.25.

Ball Stock Up 1.8 %

Shares of NYSE:BALL opened at $51.35 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.94. Ball has a 1-year low of $48.95 and a 1-year high of $71.32. The company’s fifty day moving average is $53.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $60.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 1.00.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Forum Financial Management LP bought a new position in shares of Ball during the fourth quarter valued at $483,000. Toronto Dominion Bank raised its holdings in shares of Ball by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 160,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,839,000 after buying an additional 9,173 shares during the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new position in shares of Ball in the fourth quarter valued at about $5,590,000. Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in shares of Ball in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,135,000. Finally, Inspire Trust Co. N.A. raised its holdings in shares of Ball by 12.5% in the fourth quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 54,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,977,000 after buying an additional 6,000 shares during the last quarter. 86.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Ball declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, January 29th that allows the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 24.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Ball Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.56%. Ball’s payout ratio 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.