Ball (BALL) reported $3.1 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.8%. EPS of $0.76 for the same period compares to $0.68 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.95 billion, representing a surprise of +4.94%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +10.14%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.69.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Ball performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Other: $187 million versus $193.94 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.5% change.
- Net Sales- Beverage packaging, EMEA: $903 million versus $853.64 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.5% change.
- Net Sales- Beverage packaging, South America: $544 million versus $477.39 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.9% change.
- Net Sales- Beverage packaging, North and Central America: $1.46 billion versus $1.42 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.3% change.
- Comparable operating earnings- Beverage packaging, North and Central America: $195 million versus $178.72 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable operating earnings- Other: -$15 million versus $8.65 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable operating earnings- Beverage packaging, EMEA: $96 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $91.26 million.
- Comparable operating earnings- Beverage packaging, South America: $69 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $58.04 million.
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Shares of Ball have returned +9.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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