Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for Ball Q1 Earnings

Ball Co. (NYSE:BALL) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Ball in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 21st. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the company will earn $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their previous 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.

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

Several other research analysts also recently commented on BALL. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on Ball from $77.00 to $75.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Baird R W raised Ball from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 14th. 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. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Ball from $66.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Ball from $61.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Ball currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $71.08.

Ball Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of BALL opened at $66.19 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $65.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $65.18. Ball has a 1-year low of $42.81 and a 1-year high of $71.32. 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 market capitalization of $20.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.98, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 0.88.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ball

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Independence Bank of Kentucky bought a new stake in shares of Ball in the 1st quarter valued at about $47,000. Friedenthal Financial acquired a new stake in shares of Ball during the second quarter worth about $47,000. Quarry LP raised its position in Ball by 598.6% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 999 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after buying an additional 856 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ball by 334.0% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,059 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,000 after purchasing an additional 815 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Ball during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $72,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.51% of the company’s stock.

Ball Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.21%. Ball’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 6.02%.

About Ball

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.