Ball Q3 2020 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Ball Corporation reported strong third quarter results with net earnings attributable to the corporation of $241 million, or 72 cents per diluted share, on sales of $3.1 billion. Comparable earnings per diluted share were 89 cents, driven by global beverage can volume growth and aerospace segment performance.
Third quarter U.S. GAAP earnings per diluted share of 72 cents vs 27 cents in 2019.
Third quarter comparable earnings per diluted share of 89 cents vs 70 cents in 2019.
Global beverage can volumes up 9% in the quarter.
Aerospace contracted backlog of $2.4 billion; won-not-booked backlog of $4.9 billion.
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Forward Guidance
Company expects to allocate significant capital to organic growth investments and return value to shareholders. 2020 capital expenditures are expected to exceed $900 million, and growth investments are expected to be in excess of $1 billion in 2021 and beyond.
Positive Outlook
- Significant cash from operations
- Flexibility and opportunity to allocate significant capital to organic growth investments
- Continuing to return value to shareholders
- On-track to execute multiple growth projects as efficiently and safely as possible with employees, customers and supply chains
- Well positioned to further broaden scale to serve future growth with an even higher level of customer service
Revenue & Expenses
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income