Ball CorpBALL
About: Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer with market share over 40% in its three main regions (North America, Europe, and South America). The company is focused on increasing capacity amid a wave of new developed-market demand, while also investing in faster-growing emerging-market economies. Ball spun-off its glass jar business in 1993 and is now owned by Newell. The company reports three segments-beverage packaging, North and Central America (48% of 2024 revenue), beverage packaging, EMEA (29%), beverage packaging, South America (17%)-and it generated $12 billion in revenue in 2024.
Employees: 16,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
41% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $69.6M | Put options by funds: $49.2M
2% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 94 | Existing positions closed: 96
2.07% less ownership
Funds ownership: 81.35% [Q3] → 79.28% (-2.07%) [Q4]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 715 [Q3] → 698 (-17) [Q4]
19% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $16.7B [Q3] → $13.6B (-$3.17B) [Q4]
26% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 216 | Existing positions reduced: 290
80% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 1 (-4) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Truist Securities Michael Roxland 26% 1-year accuracy 15 / 58 met price target | 15%upside $58 | Buy Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
Mizuho John Roberts 22% 1-year accuracy 8 / 37 met price target | 15%upside $58 | Outperform Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
UBS Cleveland Rueckert 100% 1-year accuracy 3 / 3 met price target | 7%upside $54 | Neutral Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 11% 1-year accuracy 7 / 64 met price target | 31%upside $66 | Outperform Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
Barclays Michael Leithead 26% 1-year accuracy 5 / 19 met price target | 21%upside $61 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
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