---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:35:16.820853+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q4 comparable EPS $0.78 beats $0.44 YoY; aerospace sale on track for H1 2024

## Summary
- Q4 comparable EPS $0.78 (vs $0.44 YoY); full-year comparable EPS $2.90 (vs $2.78). Sales $3.4B Q4, $14.03B FY.
- Aerospace sale to BAE Systems for ~$5.6B; projected close H1 2024; proceeds to reduce debt ~$2B and return ~$2B to shareholders.
- Global beverage can shipments down 3.2% in Q4 (ex-Russia); NCA segment comparable operating earnings $156M (vs $99M YoY).
- FY 2023 free cash flow $818M; returned $255M to shareholders; 2024 outlook: EPS growth, strong FCF, leverage target ~2.7x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+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/9389/000000938924000003/0000009389-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938924000003/ball-20240201x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $3.40 billion, net income $154 million, EPS 49 cents per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $3.40 billion
  - Net income: $154 million
  - EPS: 49 cents per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Ball’s fourth quarter 2023 net earnings attributable to the corporation on a U.S. GAAP basis, were $154 million, or 49 cents per diluted share, on sales of $3.40 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938924000003/0000009389-24-000003-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BALL Corp reported fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $14.03 billion, net income $707 million, EPS $2.23 per diluted share.
  - Period: fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $14.03 billion
  - Net income: $707 million
  - EPS: $2.23 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: after-tax charges of $213 million, or 67 cents per diluted share for business consolidation and other non-comparable items) or diluted earnings per share of $2.23, on sales of $14.03 billion, compared to $719 million net earnings attributable to the corporation, or $2.25 per diluted share (including net after-tax charges of $172 million, or 53 cents per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938924000003/0000009389-24-000003-index.htm

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