earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
Ball beats Q4 estimates; CEO Hayes to step down, Fisher named successor
BALL Corp
2021-FY EPS reported
$2.65
revenue$13,811,000,000
- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.90; comparable EPS $0.97 (+20% YoY); revenue $3.7B vs $3.1B
- FY2021 GAAP EPS $2.65; comparable EPS $3.49 (+18% YoY); sales $13.8B (+17%)
- CEO John Hayes to step down April 27, remains Chairman; President Daniel Fisher named CEO
- Global beverage can volumes up 7% in FY2021; aerospace backlog $2.5B, won-not-booked $5.0B
- Returned ~$950M to shareholders; deployed $1.7B capex in 2021; guides for >10–15% LT EPS growth