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Ball Corporation is a packaging & containers business based in the US. Ball Corporation shares (BLL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Ball Corporation employs 18,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$11.3 billion.
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Ball Corporation Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BLL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Ball Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Ball Corporation, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Ball Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
What's in this guide?
- BLL shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is BLL stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short BLL shares?
- Is BLL suitable for ethical investing?
- Are BLL shares over-valued?
- Ball Corporation's financials
- How volatile are BLL shares?
- Does Ball Corporation pay a dividend?
- Have BLL shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Ball Corporation share price
Use our graph to track the performance of BLL stocks over time.Ball Corporation shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-24.
| 52-week range | USD$51.26 - USD$85.68 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$79.2229 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$70.7964 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$81.29 |
| PE ratio | 73.2569 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.6 (0.75%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.092 |
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Is Ball Corporation under- or over-valued?
Valuing Ball Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Ball Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Ball Corporation's P/E ratio
Ball Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 73x. In other words, Ball Corporation shares trade at around 73x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Ball Corporation's PEG ratio
Ball Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.552. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ball Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Ball Corporation's EBITDA
Ball Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.9 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ball Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Ball Corporation financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$11.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.61% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.43% |
| Return on equity TTM | 10.54% |
| Profit margin | 3.28% |
| Book value | $8.462 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$26.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Ball Corporation shares
There are currently 9.8 million Ball Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Ball Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 1.5% up from 9.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Ball Corporation shares can be evaluated.
Ball Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Ball Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Ball Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Ball Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 1.6 million). Ball Corporation's SIR currently stands at 6.09. In other words for every 100,000 Ball Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6090 shares are currently held short.
However Ball Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Ball Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Ball Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Ball Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Ball Corporation shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0348% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Ball Corporation shares, roughly 35 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Ball Corporation.
Find out more about how you can short Ball Corporation stock.
Ball Corporation's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Ball Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Ball Corporation's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 13.38
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Ball Corporation's overall score of 13.38 (as at 08/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Ball Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Ball Corporation's environmental score
Environmental score: 11.02/100
Ball Corporation's environmental score of 11.02 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ball Corporation is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Ball Corporation's social score
Social score: 1.21/100
Ball Corporation's social score of 1.21 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ball Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Ball Corporation's governance score
Governance score: 2.57/100
Ball Corporation's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Ball Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Ball Corporation's controversy score
Controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Ball Corporation scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Ball Corporation has managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Ball Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 13.38 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 8.12 |
| Environmental score | 11.02 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 1.21 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 2.57 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
| Level of controversy | 1 |
Ball Corporation share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 55.05% of net profits
Recently Ball Corporation has paid out, on average, around 55.05% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.75% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Ball Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0.75% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Ball Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.6 per share.
Ball Corporation's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Ball Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Ball Corporation's shares ever split?
Ball Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 May 2017. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ball Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Ball Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Ball Corporation's share price.
Ball Corporation share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Ball Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $51.26 up to $85.68. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Ball Corporation's is 0.544. This would suggest that Ball Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Ball Corporation overview
Ball Corporation supplies aluminum packaging products to the beverage, personal care, automotive, paint, healthcare, and household products industries. It operates in four segments: Beverage Packaging, North and Central America; Beverage Packaging, South America; Beverage Packaging, Europe; and Aerospace. The company manufactures and sells aluminum beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. It also develops spacecraft, sensors and instruments, radio frequency systems, and other technologies and products for the civil, commercial, and national security aerospace markets, as well as offers defense hardware, antenna and video tactical solutions, civil and operational space hardware, and systems engineering services. In addition, the company designs, manufactures, and tests satellites, remote sensors, and ground station control hardware and software; and provides launch vehicle integration and satellite operational services. Further, it provides target identification, warning, and attitude control systems and components; cryogenic systems and associated sensor cooling devices; star trackers; and fast-steering mirrors to the government agencies and prime contractors. Additionally, the company manufactures and sells aerosol containers, extruded aluminum aerosol containers, and aluminum slugs. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
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