---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-23-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:38:39.140680+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q3 GAAP EPS $0.64 (incl charges); comparable $0.83; to sell aerospace for $5.6B

## Summary
- Q3 GAAP diluted EPS $0.64 vs $1.24 (prior year incl $0.49 gain from Russia sale); comparable EPS $0.83 vs $0.75.
- Announced agreement to sell aerospace business to BAE Systems for $5.6B cash; regulatory approval underway; proceeds to reduce debt ~$2B and boost buybacks/dividends.
- Beverage Packaging NCA volumes down 9.9% due to US mass beer disruption; ceasing Kent, WA, deferring Concord, NC to 2028, cancelling N. Las Vegas plant.
- Reiterate FY 2023 free cash flow ~$750M; potential low- to mid-single digit comparable EPS growth despite Russia headwind.
- Fire at Verona, VA slug facility; no injuries; operations team managing customer needs from remaining global plants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-23-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000041/0000009389-23-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000041/ball-20231102x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-23-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: EPS $0.83.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - EPS: $0.83
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) today reported, on a U.S. GAAP basis, third quarter 2023 net earnings attributable to the corporation of $203 million (including net after-tax charges of $60 million, or 19 cents per diluted share for business consolidation and other non-comparable items) or diluted earnings per share of 64 cents, on sales of $3.57 billion, compared to net earnings attributable to the corporation of $392 million (including a net after-tax gain of $154 million, or 49 cents per diluted share for business consolidation and other non-comparable items, including the gain on disposal for the Russian beverage packaging operations) or diluted earnings per share of $1.24, on sales of $3.95 billion in 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000041/0000009389-23-000041-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: EPS $0.83.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - EPS: $0.83
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Ball’s third quarter and year-to-date 2023 comparable earnings per diluted share were 83 cents and $2.13, respectively, versus third quarter and year-to-date 2022 comparable earnings per diluted share of 75 cents and $2.34, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938923000041/0000009389-23-000041-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.