---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:14:26.201486+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q4 EPS $0.17 GAAP, $0.44 comparable; FY sales $15.35B; global can shipments down 6.1% in Q4

## Summary
- Full-year 2022 GAAP EPS $2.25, comparable $2.78; sales $15.35B vs $13.81B.
- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.17 vs $0.90; comparable $0.44 vs $0.97; sales $3.55B down from $3.67B.
- Global beverage can shipments Q4 -6.1% (+2.1% FY ex-Russia); Americas volume -7.1% Q4.
- Aerospace backlog $3.0B (+20% YoY); contracts won-not-booked $5.0B.
- 2023 outlook: target $200M inflation recovery, $150M cost savings; long-term EPS growth goal 10-15%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000008/0000009389-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000008/bll-20230202x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported financial results for the fourth quarter earnings for 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter earnings for 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 2, 2023, Ball Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter earnings for 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000008/0000009389-23-000008-index.htm

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