Ball Corp [BALL] stock is trading at $53.83, down -0.92%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The BALL shares have gain 1.76% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.29%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ball Corp [NYSE: BALL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 16, 2025, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Underweight and also revised its price target to $49 from $56. Previously, UBS upgraded its rating to Neutral on January 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $58. On December 10, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $67 on the stock. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $78 on September 04, 2024. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $70 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 14, 2024. Truist upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on June 25, 2024, and upped its price target to $76. In a note dated April 04, 2024, Barclays downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $66 to $71.
Ball Corp [BALL] stock has fluctuated between $43.51 and $70.43 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $68 within the next 12 months. Ball Corp [NYSE: BALL] shares were valued at $53.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 26.32% based on the average BALL price forecast.
Analyzing the BALL fundamentals
Ball Corp [NYSE:BALL] reported sales of 12.04B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.42%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.19% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.22.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ball Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.04. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.70, and the Cash Ratio is 0.09. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.24, the price to book ratio is 2.73 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.56.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Participayoes lndustriais do N, Affiliate of Director, that happened on Feb 14 ’25 when 0.25 million shares were purchased. SVP and President, EMEA, Glew Mandy completed a deal on Jun 10 ’24 to buy 563.0 shares. Meanwhile, President & C.E.O. Fisher Daniel William sold 5802.0 shares on Nov 20 ’24.
