The stock of Ball Corp (BALL) has gone up by 2.15% for the week, with a 9.77% rise in the past month and a 4.83% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.61%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 2.58% for BALL.. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 4.62% for BALL’s stock, with a -8.46% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Ball Corp (NYSE: BALL) Right Now?
Ball Corp (NYSE: BALL) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 28.01x compared to its average ratio. BALL has 36-month beta value of 1.09. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for BALL is 276.84M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.83% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of BALL on May 14, 2025 was 2.71M shares.
BALL) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Ball Corp (NYSE: BALL) has decreased by -0.83 when compared to last closing price of 53.23.Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 2.15% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-05-12 that WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ball Corporation (“Ball”) (NYSE: BALL) announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of €850 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”).
Analysts’ Opinion of BALL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BALL stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for BALL by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for BALL in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $49 based on the research report published on January 16, 2025 of the current year 2025.
UBS, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BALL reach a price target of $58. The rating they have provided for BALL stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on January 10th, 2025.
Mizuho gave a rating of “Outperform” to BALL, setting the target price at $67 in the report published on December 10th of the previous year.
BALL Trading at 4.30% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BALL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -25.62% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.58%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.61%, as shares surge +8.18% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.25% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BALL rose by +2.15%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -14.92% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $50.46. In addition, Ball Corp saw -4.24% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BALL starting from Participayoes lndustriais do N, who proposed sale 250,000 shares at the price of $49.63 back on Feb 14 ’25. After this action, Participayoes lndustriais do N now owns shares of Ball Corp, valued at $12,407,500 using the latest closing price.
Glew Mandy, the SVP and President, EMEA of Ball Corp, purchase 563 shares at $68.15 during a trade that took place back on Jun 10 ’24, which means that Glew Mandy is holding 3,563 shares at $38,367 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BALL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.11 for the present operating margin
- 0.19 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ball Corp stands at 0.04. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 8.23, with 2.78 for asset returns.
Based on Ball Corp (BALL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.55 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.1. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.22. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.89.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.46 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.06. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.74. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.56for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.67. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.04.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Ball Corp (BALL) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
