---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-24-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:12:18.048313+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q2 comparable EPS $0.74 beats $0.61 YoY; returns $790M to shareholders in H1

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.51 vs $0.55; comparable EPS $0.74 vs $0.61; sales $2.96B vs $3.07B.
- Global beverage can shipments +2.8%; global aluminum aerosol shipments +5.6%.
- Segment comparable operating earnings: NCA $210M (+$35M), EMEA $113M (+$15M), S. America $37M (+$7M).
- Returned $790M via buybacks and dividends in H1 2024; on track to exceed $1.6B for full year.
- Guides mid-single digit+ comparable EPS growth in 2024, >10% per annum growth in 2025 and beyond.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-24-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938924000031/0000009389-24-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938924000031/ball-20240801x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-24-000031
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-24-000031.txt

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