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The Czech National Bank increased its stake in Ball Co. by 47.9% in the 3rd quarter, owning 55,065 shares valued at $2,741,000. Other funds, including Quilter Plc, Quarry LP, West Financial Advisors LLC, Tyler Stone Wealth Management, and Resurgent Financial Advisors LLC, also updated their holdings. COO Ronald J. Lewis recently purchased 4,637 shares of Ball stock, now owning 29,797 shares valued at $1,606,356.27. Insider ownership is at 1.50%. analysts currently rate the stock a “Hold” with a consensus price target of $58.78. Shares of BALL stock opened at $57.52 on Friday, with a 1 year low of $42.81 and a 1 year high of $62.14. Ball disclosed quarterly earnings of $0.83 per share with $3.57 billion in revenue. It’s expected to post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Ball also disclosed a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, with an ex-dividend date of November 30th. Their dividend payout ratio is currently 41.67%. Ball Corp. provides metal packaging for beverages, foods, and household products and operates through Beverage Packaging North and Central America, Beverage Packaging South America, Beverage Packaging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Aerospace. The stock has a PE ratio of 29.96 and a P/E/G ratio of 3.99 with a market cap of $18.14 billion. It has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 0.55, and a current ratio of 0.81.



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