Ball Corporation

WBAG:BLL Stock Report

Market Cap: €16.0b

Ball Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Ball has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 4.1%, while the Packaging industry saw earnings growing at 12% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4.8% per year. Ball's return on equity is 11.2%, and it has net margins of 5.5%.

Key information

4.1%

Earnings growth rate

5.3%

EPS growth rate

Packaging Industry Growth9.4%
Revenue growth rate4.8%
Return on equity11.2%
Net Margin5.5%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Ball makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

WBAG:BLL Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2413,7857526670
30 Jun 2413,8146936580
31 Mar 2413,9226606540
31 Dec 2314,0297075580
30 Sep 2312,7074375290
30 Jun 2313,5476975550
31 Mar 2314,6143985550
31 Dec 2215,3497196260
30 Sep 2215,4759616280
30 Jun 2215,0777486170
31 Mar 2214,4021,1246220
31 Dec 2113,8118785930
30 Sep 2113,2398086330
30 Jun 2112,7798706060
31 Mar 2112,1217625510
31 Dec 2011,7815855250
30 Sep 2011,3985184520
30 Jun 2011,2583694210
31 Mar 2011,4744724210
31 Dec 1911,4745664170
30 Sep 1911,5585574540
30 Jun 1911,5515244770
31 Mar 1911,6354464930
31 Dec 1811,6354544780
30 Sep 1811,5794624680
30 Jun 1811,5414514820
31 Mar 1811,2954314830
31 Dec 1710,9833745140
30 Sep 1710,7602685620
30 Jun 1710,6042505700
31 Mar 179,7784585470
31 Dec 169,0612635120
30 Sep 168,3422654580
30 Jun 167,6872804290
31 Mar 167,8301334420
31 Dec 157,9972814500
30 Sep 158,2243024640
30 Jun 158,3664044810
31 Mar 158,4863984750
31 Dec 148,5704704660
30 Sep 148,5345194500
30 Jun 148,5734864260
31 Mar 148,4844284170
31 Dec 138,4684064190

Quality Earnings: BLL has a large one-off loss of $270.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: BLL's current net profit margins (5.5%) are higher than last year (3.4%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BLL's earnings have grown by 4.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BLL's earnings growth over the past year (72.1%) exceeds its 5-year average (4.1% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: BLL earnings growth over the past year (72.1%) exceeded the Packaging industry -27.8%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: BLL's Return on Equity (11.2%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 18:50
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Ball Corporation is covered by 30 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ghansham PanjabiBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Michael LeitheadBarclays