BALL CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $63.77, BALL CORPORATION (BALL) is priced for +3.5% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• All three of Ball's regional can businesses earned more in 2025 than in 2024: comparable operating earnings of $772 million in North and Central America, $495 million in EMEA, and $327 million in South America, where segment margin ran at 15 percent, the best of the three. • The concentration risk cuts in both directions, and the FY2025 10-K states the narrower half of it plainly: ⟦"Our packaging businesses have a narrow product range, and our business would suffer if usage of our products dec
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759 institutional managers reported holding BALL in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 84% of the company; the top 10 hold 46%. 137 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, among others. On the short side, 7.4M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
BALL has cut its share count 18.9% over the past five years, spending $4.29B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting); the current rate is $0.80 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $644.00M in dividends and $3.05B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at BALL over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $250k; 2024: 2 buys totaling $288k; 2026: 1 buy totaling $100k. 18 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
BALL's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-05 | +12.1% | -1.9% |
| 2023-08-04 | +1.3% | -20.2% |
| 2023-11-03 | +7.7% | +12.1% |
| 2024-05-08 | +6.7% | -15.2% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
BALL's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-04 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-02-03 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-12-10 (items 5.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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