Ball Corp [NYSE: BALL] jumped around 0.71 points on Thursday, while shares priced at $56.04 at the close of the session, up 1.28%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 2.17M shares, BALL reached a trading volume of 3694418 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Ball Corp [BALL]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BALL shares is $69.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BALL stock is a recommendation set at 2.11. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Ball Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underweight, with their previous recommendation back on January 16, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on January 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Ball Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $67, while Mizuho analysts kept a Outperform rating on BALL stock. On September 04, 2024, analysts increased their price target for BALL shares from 69 to 78.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Ball Corp is set at 1.19, with the Price to Sales ratio for BALL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.36. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.52, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.84.
How has BALL stock performed recently?
Ball Corp [BALL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.56. With this latest performance, BALL shares gained by 0.38% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -11.40% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -1.68% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for BALL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 53.12, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 58.54, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 49.11 for Ball Corp [BALL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 57.10, while it was recorded at 55.70 for the last single week of trading, and 62.86 for the last 200 days.
Ball Corp [BALL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Ball Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.82 and a Current Ratio set at 1.09.
Earnings analysis for Ball Corp [BALL]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BALL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Ball Corp go to 10.31%.
Insider trade positions for Ball Corp [BALL]
There are presently around $86.61%, or 86.95%% of BALL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BALL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 35.31 million shares, which is approximately 11.2103%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 22.21 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.33 billion in BALL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.24 billion in BALL stock with ownership which is approximately 6.5651%.
