What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Ball Q1 Earnings?

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Ball in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the company will earn $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.76. The consensus estimate for Ball’s current full-year earnings is $3.49 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Ball’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.85 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.30 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on BALL. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Ball from $78.00 to $73.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $49.00 target price (down from $56.00) on shares of Ball in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays lowered their price target on Ball from $72.00 to $61.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Mizuho upgraded Ball from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $67.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Ball from $75.00 to $70.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Ball has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $65.25.

Ball Stock Up 2.9 %

BALL stock opened at $50.45 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $53.88 and its 200 day moving average is $60.09. The stock has a market cap of $15.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90. Ball has a 1-year low of $48.95 and a 1-year high of $71.32.

Ball (NYSE:BALL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.92 billion. Ball had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 33.98%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.78 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ball

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Moors & Cabot Inc. increased its holdings in Ball by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 4,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $302,000 after purchasing an additional 192 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Ball by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 16,895 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,147,000 after buying an additional 199 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of Ball by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $556,000 after buying an additional 210 shares during the period. Picton Mahoney Asset Management raised its holdings in shares of Ball by 68.9% during the fourth quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management now owns 522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Finance LLC lifted its stake in Ball by 2.0% in the third quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 10,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $745,000 after acquiring an additional 216 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.51% of the company’s stock.

Ball Announces Dividend

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

Ball declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, January 29th that authorizes the company to repurchase $4.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 24.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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.