BALL Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own BALL shares is 1047, representing 86.51% of the company's common stock.

LAZARD FRERES GESTION S.A.S., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BALL by -9.42% restricting it's holding to 1.02 million shares of worth nearly $66.49M. BARCLAYS PLC also lessened -21.66% of the BALL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.04 million shares of worth $69.85M. FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. also shunned BALL shares holding by -0.28% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.08 million shares worth $72.85M.

As per its latest 13F filing, WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN increased its stake in BALL by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 745.5 thousand shares having worth more than $50.22M. also added 100% more shares of BALL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 749.14 thousand shares of worth $50.19M. RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES also increased its BALL shares holding by 10.22% which brought its holding to 1.38 million shares worth $92.96M.

The insider with the most stakes in BALL is HAYES JOHN A , director at the company. Additionally, BALL stock is highly held by E.V.P. and C.F.O. MORRISON SCOTT C and EVP, HR & Administration Pauley Lisa Ann among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.4% percent of Ball Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which BALL insiders have sold stock, totaling 5.8K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FISHER DANIEL WILLIAM, MARIANI PEDRO HENRIQUE, and GOODWIN DERON.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Ball Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 118.04K Ball Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.4% of BALL stock.

BALL director, HAYES JOHN A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BALL shares owned by HAYES total nearly 480.55 thousand.

LAZARD FRERES GESTION S.A.S. is the largest institutional owner in BALL which holds 1.02 million shares worth $66.49M or 0.32% of the total BALL shares outstanding followed by BARCLAYS PLC with ownership of 1.04 million shares representing 0.33% of the BALL ownership. FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. is the third largest stakeholder with 1.08 million shares or 0.34% of the ownership worth more than $72.85M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the BALL is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of BALL shares short is 6.83M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 298.43M shares of BALL are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, BALL has 296.30M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for BALL is 2.92.