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Westminster, Colorado-based Ball Corporation (BALL) is one of the world's leading suppliers of metal packaging to the beverage, personal care and household products industries. With a market cap of $15.9 billion, Ball’s operations span various countries in the Americas, Europe, Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa.
The packaging giant is set to announce its fourth-quarter results before the market opens on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Ahead of the event, analysts expect Ball to report a non-GAAP profit of $0.82 per share, up 5.1% from $0.78 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. Furthermore, the company has surpassed Wall Street’s bottom-line projections in each of the past four quarters. Its adjusted EPS for the last reported quarter surged 9.6% year-over-year to $0.91, exceeding analysts’ estimates by 4.6%.