---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000009389-25-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALL"
cik: "0000009389"
company_name: "BALL Corp"
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T15:59:37.653304+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ball Q1 GAAP EPS $0.63, comparable $0.76; revenue $3.1B up 8% YoY; returns $612M to shareholders

## Summary
- Comparable diluted EPS of $0.76 vs $0.68 in Q1 2024, an 11.8% increase; GAAP EPS $0.63 reflects absence of prior-year aerospace gain.
- Global aluminum packaging shipments rose 2.6%; segments all saw volume growth: NA/CA +low-single-digit, EMEA +mid-single-digit, SA +low-single-digit.
- Returned $612M to shareholders in Q1 via buybacks and dividends; on track for at least $1.5B in 2025.
- Beverage Packaging NA/CA comparable operating earnings $195M (+1.6%); EMEA $96M (+12.9%); South America $69M (+25.5%).
- Outlook: 11-14% comparable diluted EPS growth for 2025; tariff direct impact deemed manageable, local sourcing mitigates volatility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000009389-25-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALL
- cik: 0000009389
- company_name: BALL Corp
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+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/9389/000000938925000007/0000009389-25-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000000938925000007/ball-20250506x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000009389-25-000007.txt

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