Ball CorpBALL
About: Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer with market share over 30% 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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
0.27% more ownership
Funds ownership: 82.56% [Q4 2024] → 82.83% (+0.27%) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 1 (+0) [Q1 2025]
2% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 96 | Existing positions closed: 98
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 234 | Existing positions reduced: 258
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 702 [Q4 2024] → 687 (-15) [Q1 2025]
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13.6B [Q4 2024] → $12.2B (-$1.42B) [Q1 2025]
14% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $87M | Put options by funds: $101M
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Barclays Michael Leithead | 23%upside $67 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 14 May 2025 |
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan | 16%upside $63 | Outperform Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Wells Fargo Gabe Hajde | 8%downside $50 | Underweight Maintained | 7 May 2025 |
Loop Capital Alton Stump | 43%upside $78 | Buy Maintained | 7 May 2025 |
Truist Securities Michael Roxland | 7%upside $58 | Buy Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about BALL published over the past 30 days
