How to buy Ball Corporation stock

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 21,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Ball Corporation share price

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Ball Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$59.36 - $102.42
50-day moving average	$87.81
200-day moving average	$90.34
Wall St. target price	$104.36
PE ratio	52.9432
Dividend yield	$0.6 (0.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.76

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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 53x. In other words, Ball Corporation shares trade at around 53x 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 5.3728. 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 $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	$11.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.74%
Gross profit TTM	$2.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.44%
Return on equity TTM	18.31%
Profit margin	4.97%
Book value	$10.00
Market capitalisation	$30.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Ball Corporation shares

There are currently 9.7 million Ball Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Ball Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 21.4% up from 8.0 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 2.4 million). Ball Corporation's SIR currently stands at 4.12. In other words for every 100,000 Ball Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4120 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 0.0337% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Ball Corporation shares, roughly 34 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an 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: 15.4

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Ball Corporation's overall score of 15.4 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 9th 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: 1.59/100

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: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	15.4
Total ESG percentile	8.8
Environmental score	11.02
Environmental score percentile	2
Social score	1.21
Social score percentile	2
Governance score	1.59
Governance score percentile	2
Level of controversy	1

Ball Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 20.27% of net profits

Recently Ball Corporation has paid out, on average, around 20.27% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.64% 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 0.64% 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.

While Ball Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Ball Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Ball Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Ball Corporation's shares ever split?

Ball Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 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 $59.3553 up to $102.4217. 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 0.3938. 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 for the beverage, personal care, and household products industries in the United States, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Beverage Packaging, North and Central America; Beverage Packaging, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Beverage Packaging, South America; 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 extruded aluminum aerosol containers, aluminum cups, and aluminum slugs.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Ball Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.615% of Ball Corporation shares are held by insiders and 84.85% by institutions.

• How many people work for Ball Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 21,500 work at Ball Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Ball Corporation?

  Ball Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Ball Corporation based?

  Ball Corporation's address is: 9200 West 108th Circle, Westminster, CO, United States, 80021-2510

• What is Ball Corporation's ISIN number?

  Ball Corporation's international securities identification number is: US0584981064

• What is Ball Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Ball Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 058498106