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)
0.46% more ownership
Funds ownership: 82.56% [Q4 2024] → 83.02% (+0.46%) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 1 (+0) [Q1 2025]
1% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 97 | Existing positions closed: 98
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 235 | Existing positions reduced: 259
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 702 [Q4 2024] → 690 (-12) [Q1 2025]
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13.6B [Q4 2024] → $12.2B (-$1.39B) [Q1 2025]
14% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $87M | Put options by funds: $101M
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Gabe Hajde | 8%downside $54 | Underweight Maintained | 18 Jul 2025 |
Mizuho John Roberts | 16%upside $68 | Outperform Maintained | 15 Jul 2025 |
Truist Securities Michael Roxland | 18%upside $69 | Buy Maintained | 11 Jul 2025 |
UBS Cleveland Rueckert | 3%upside $60 | Neutral Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
B of A Securities George Staphos | 13%upside $66 | Neutral Downgraded | 9 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about BALL published over the past 30 days
