Ball Co. (BALL:NYE) has been active recently, with institutional investors acquiring and reducing their stakes in the company. Accurate Wealth Management LLC bought 39,637 shares of the Ball stock, while other firms such as Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd, Hsbc Holdings PLC, AXA S.A., and NZS Capital LLC also recently acquired shares.

Insiders have also been active, with Director John A. Hayes selling 100,000 shares and insider Daniel William Fisher buying 6,400 shares.

BALL stock opened at $57.55 on Thursday, with a 1-year low of $46.00 and a 1-year high of $94.79. The company last reported its quarterly earnings results on February 2nd, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 EPS by ($0.10).

BALL announced that it would be paying a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share on March 15th, with an ex-dividend date of February 28th.

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on the company, with Wells Fargo & Company giving Ball stock an “Underweight” rating and Mizuho rating it “Neutral.”