Ball Corporation Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

BALL Stock  USD 51.89  0.92  1.80%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Ball Corporation is 'Strong Hold'. The recommendation algorithm takes into account all of Ball's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Ball Corporation has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.06), Jensen Alpha of (0.08), Total Risk Alpha of 0.0711 and Treynor Ratio of (0.28)
Our investment recommendation tool can be used to complement Ball trade advice provided by experts. It analyzes the company's potential to grow against your specific risk preferences and investment horizon. To make sure Ball is not overpriced, please confirm all Ball fundamentals, including its cash and equivalents, earnings per share, and the relationship between the revenue and current ratio . Given that Ball has a price to earning of 18.73 X, we suggest you to validate Ball Corporation market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Ball Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Ball generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Ball Corporation currently holds 5.67 B in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 2.62, implying the company greatly relies on financing operations through barrowing. Ball has a current ratio of 0.92, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Ball's use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.
Over 90.0% of Ball shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
Latest headline from MacroaxisInsider: Disposition of 20389 shares by Daniel Fisher of Ball at 55.7 subject to Rule 16b-3

Ball Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Ball's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Ball's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Ball daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Ball Corporation price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Ball returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Ball.
Mean Return
-0.13
Value At Risk
-2.72
Potential Upside
2.39
Standard Deviation
1.65
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Ball historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Ball Stock Institutional Investors

Shares
Fmr Inc2024-12-31
3.5 M
Norges Bank2024-12-31
3.4 M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
3.1 M
London Company Of Virginia2024-12-31
3.1 M
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
M
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-12-31
2.9 M
Schroder Investment Management Group2024-12-31
2.4 M
Mirova Us Llc2024-12-31
2.4 M
Bank Of America Corp2024-12-31
2.3 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
34.3 M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
23.8 M
Note, although Ball's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Ball Cash Flow Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Change To Inventory(64M)(464M)(458M)626M(25M)(26.3M)
Change In Cash(425M)(802M)(21M)152M221M232.1M
Free Cash Flow319M34M(1.4B)818M(369M)(350.6M)
Depreciation668M700M672M686M620M337.3M
Other Non Cash Items271M27M(195M)173M(4.1B)(3.9B)
Dividends Paid198M229M254M252M244M256.2M
Capital Expenditures1.1B1.7B1.7B1.0B484M457.8M
Net Income582M878M732M711M4.0B4.2B
End Period Cash Flow1.4B579M558M710M931M977.6M
Investments(1.2B)(1.6B)(768M)(1.2B)5.0B5.3B
Net Borrowings1.1B(262M)98M1.4B1.6B1.6B
Change To Netincome72M258M63M(250M)(225M)(213.8M)

Ball Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Ball or Containers & Packaging sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Ball's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Ball stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.08
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.48
σ
Overall volatility
1.70
Ir
Information ratio -0.02

Ball Volatility Alert

Ball Corporation exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.86 and kurtosis of 3.75. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Ball's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Ball's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Ball Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Ball's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Ball's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Ball and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Ball or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Ball's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Ball by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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 Worse Than Average Compare Ball to competition
FundamentalsBallPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0881-0.31
Return On Asset0.04-0.14
Profit Margin0.34 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.11 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation19.2 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding282.82 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.42 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions89.65 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted7.11 M4.71 M
Price To Earning18.73 X28.72 X
Price To Book2.46 X9.51 X
Price To Sales1.24 X11.42 X
Revenue11.79 B9.43 B
Gross Profit2.44 B27.38 B
EBITDA(369 M)3.9 B
Net Income4.01 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents473 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share1.51 X5.01 X
Total Debt5.67 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity2.62 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.94 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share20.26 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations115 M971.22 M
Short Ratio2.35 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share1.37 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.34 X4.89 X
Target Price62.26
Number Of Employees16 K18.84 K
Beta0.99-0.15
Market Capitalization14.68 B19.03 B
Total Asset17.63 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings11.53 B9.33 B
Working Capital(6 M)1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 20389 shares by Daniel Fisher of Ball at 55.7 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Ball Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Ball . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Is Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Ball. If investors know Ball will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Ball listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.008
Dividend Share
0.8
Earnings Share
1.37
Revenue Per Share
38.614
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.01)
The market value of Ball is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Ball that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Ball's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Ball's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Ball's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Ball's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Ball's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Ball is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Ball's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.