Yesterday’s Upgrade Review: Ball Corporation (BLL)

Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) received a stock rating upgrade from JP Morgan on Mar-31-16. In a note to investors, the firm issued an Overweight rating and also issued the target price on the stock of $79. The analysts previously had a Neutral rating on the stock.

Analysts have a consensus target price of $ 79.67 in the 12-month period. The price objective is 11.75% higher than the recent closing price of $ 71.29. The 52-week price range is $ 57.61 – 74.67 and the company has a market capitalization of $ 10.08B. Analysts covering the shares maintain a consensus Strong Buy rating, according to Zacks Investment Research. zero analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, 1 has assigned a hold rating, zero says it’s a buy, and 3 have assigned a strong buy rating to the company.

Ball Corporation (BLL) on March 28, 2016 announced its first quarter 2016 earnings on Thursday, April 28, 2016, before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange. At 9 a.m. Mountain time on that day (11 a.m. Eastern), Ball will hold its regular quarterly conference call on the company’s results and performance.

The North American toll-free number for the call is 877-256-8251. International callers should dial 303-223-4387. Please use the following URL for a webcast of the live call:

http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/gkokx7ip

For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped replay will be available from 11 a.m. Mountain time on April 28, 2016, until 11 a.m. Mountain time on May 5, 2016. To access the replay, call 800-633-8284 (North American callers) or 402-977-9140 (international callers) and use reservation number 21808467. A written transcript of the call will be posted within 48 hours of the call’s conclusion to Ball’s website at www.ball.com/investors under “news and presentations.”

Ball Corporation supplies metal packaging products to the beverage, food, personal care, and household industries worldwide. It operates in four segments: Metal Beverage Packaging, Americas and Asia; Metal Beverage Packaging, Europe; Metal Food and Household Products Packaging; and Aerospace and Technologies. The Metal Beverage Packaging, Americas and Asia segment manufactures and sells metal beverage containers to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. The Metal Beverage Packaging, Europe segment manufactures and sells metal beverage containers and ends for producers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, and other beverages. The Metal Food and Household Products Packaging segment offers steel food, aerosol, paint, and general line and decorative specialty containers, as well as extruded aluminum beverage and aerosol containers, and aluminum slugs.

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