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Ball Corporation
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Ball Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $14.3 billion, up 16% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.83 billion, up 118% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.60 billion, up 50% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.32 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $6.68 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 4, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 19, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.9 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 807 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+18 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Mar 26, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Ball Corporation is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending89th pct
- Debt raised85th pct
- Buybacks vs capex67th pct
- Hiring filings5th pct
- Deals and private raises39th pct
- Patent publications34th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment71st pct
- Call confidence64th pct
- Guidance changes42nd pct
- Risk factors added27th pct
- Insider open-market trades29th pct
- + Call sentiment
- − Risk factors added
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver37th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Ball Corporation's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$7.2B
- Due within a year $0.7B
- Longer term $6.5B
- Default point $4.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2025 | $750M | 5.500% | 2033 (8y) | +142bp | 5.500% |
| May 12, 2025 | €850M | 4.250% | 2032 (7y) | +185bp | 4.250% |
From the pricing term sheets Ball Corporation filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Ball Corporation, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralBall Corporation Stock: A Wager On Packaging Instead Of Beverages (NYSE:BALL)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 3, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LOT SIXTEEN LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BALL CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 13, 2026PatentPatent granted: CAN ENDUS 12759755
- Sep 9, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 25, 2026Patent
- Jul 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LOT SIXTEEN LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BALL CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Jun 30, 2026Patent
- Jun 23, 2026Patent
- Apr 29, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LOT SIXTEEN LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BALL CORPORATION)first_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Apr 14, 2026Federal award
- Mar 26, 2026Risk event
- Feb 19, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 17, 2026Patent
- Jan 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BALL CORPORATION)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jan 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LOT SIXTEEN LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Dec 10, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 26, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Nov 21, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 10, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 30, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 8, 2025Risk event
- Aug 14, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 8, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 11, 2025Risk event
- May 22, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 19, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 13, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 1, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 28, 2025Risk event
- Feb 20, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 3 removed
- Jan 16, 2025Risk event
- Feb 20, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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