---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T10:50:37.495206+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q2 sales $3.57B (-14% YoY), GAAP EPS $0.55, comp EPS $0.61; sees FY FCF ~$750M

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS of $0.55 vs loss of $0.55 in Q2 2022; comparable EPS of $0.61 vs $0.82.
- Sales $3.57B, down from $4.13B; global beverage can shipments fell 4.9% (ex-Russia divestment).
- Aerospace backlog $2.6B; contracts won-not-booked $6.0B (+$1B YTD). Company assessing strategic options for aerospace.
- Reaffirms FY 2023 free cash flow ~$750M, cost savings at least $150M, and net inflation recovery $200M.
- Potential to achieve low end of long-term 10-15% comp EPS growth goal in 2023 despite Russian headwind.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000024/0000009389-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000024/ball-20230803x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported second quarter 2023 results: revenue $3.57 billion, net income $173 million, EPS 55 cents per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $3.57 billion
  - Net income: $173 million
  - EPS: 55 cents per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: net after-tax loss of $21 million, or 6 cents per diluted share for business consolidation and other non-comparable items) or diluted earnings per share of 55 cents, on sales of $3.57 billion, compared to a net loss attributable to the corporation of $174 million (including a net after-tax loss of $437 million, or $1.37 per diluted share for business consolidation and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000024/0000009389-23-000024-index.htm

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