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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Ball Corporation reported strong first quarter results for 2025, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges.</li>
<li>The company returned $708 million to shareholders via share repurchases and dividends, emphasizing its focus on delivering record adjusted free cash flow and comparable diluted earnings per share growth between 11% to 14% for the year.</li>
<li>However, the performance excludes contributions from its former aerospace business, sold in February 2024.</li>
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Ball Corporation reported strong first quarter results for 2025, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges.
The company returned $708 million to shareholders via share repurchases and dividends, emphasizing its focus on delivering record adjusted free cash flow and comparable diluted earnings per share growth between 11% to 14% for the year.
However, the performance excludes contributions from its former aerospace business, sold in February 2024.


Ball Corporation Battles Beer Slump by Doubling Down on High-Growth Drink Segments...

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<li>Ball Corporation, a leader in aluminum packaging, reported its third quarter earnings for the fiscal year 2024, presenting a mixed landscape influenced by diverse regional performance and strategic acquisitions.</li>
<li>Starting on the positive side, Ball Corporation reported a net earnings increase to $278 million, marking a 6% improvement from the previous year, attributable to strong operational performance and advantageous price/mix effects.</li>
<li>Highlighted within the third quarter's success was the acquisition of Alucan Entec, which strategically expands Ball’s capacity and diversifies its customer base in Europe by introducing more advanced extruded aluminum aerosol technology.</li>
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Ball Corporation, a leader in aluminum packaging, reported its third quarter earnings for the fiscal year 2024, presenting a mixed landscape influenced by diverse regional performance and strategic acquisitions.
Starting on the positive side, Ball Corporation reported a net earnings increase to $278 million, marking a 6% improvement from the previous year, attributable to strong operational performance and advantageous price/mix effects.
Highlighted within the third quarter's success was the acquisition of Alucan Entec, which strategically expands Ball’s capacity and diversifies its customer base in Europe by introducing more advanced extruded aluminum aerosol technology.


Ball Corporation: Geographic & Sector Diversification Driving Our ‘Outperform’ Rating!

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<li>Ball Corporation reported its second quarter 2024 earnings, depicting a strategic navigation through a mixed market landscape, facing both headwinds and tailwinds across its various regional operations.</li>
<li>The company's global beverage can shipments and aerosol shipments experienced growth rates of 2.8% and 5.6% respectively, indicating strong demand for sustainable aluminum packaging solutions—an area in which Ball continues to cement its leadership.</li>
<li>This growth, however, came amidst varying regional dynamics, from exceeding expectations in North America and EMEA to confronting challenges in South America, particularly due to economic volatility in Argentina.</li>
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Ball Corporation reported its second quarter 2024 earnings, depicting a strategic navigation through a mixed market landscape, facing both headwinds and tailwinds across its various regional operations.
The company's global beverage can shipments and aerosol shipments experienced growth rates of 2.8% and 5.6% respectively, indicating strong demand for sustainable aluminum packaging solutions—an area in which Ball continues to cement its leadership.
This growth, however, came amidst varying regional dynamics, from exceeding expectations in North America and EMEA to confronting challenges in South America, particularly due to economic volatility in Argentina.


Ball Corporation: A Story Of Growing Market Share in Strategic Geographies!

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

Greatview Aseptic Packaging / Event-Driven

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<li>Unsurprisingly, the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/greatview-aseptic-packaging" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10802:1" rel="noopener">Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK)</a> Board has recommended shareholders vote against the appointment of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-xinjufeng-technology-packaging-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36744:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging (301296 CH)</a>’s two director nominees.</li>
<li>The EGM vote on 18 October is too close to call and depends on Shandong Xinjufeng and management's ability to rally disengaged minorities to their respective causes.   </li>
<li>Irrespective of the EGM vote results, Shandong Xinjufeng will be keen to launch its offer to ward off the threat of a possible competing offer from management. </li>
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Unsurprisingly, the Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK) Board has recommended shareholders vote against the appointment of Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging (301296 CH)’s two director nominees.
The EGM vote on 18 October is too close to call and depends on Shandong Xinjufeng and management's ability to rally disengaged minorities to their respective causes.   
Irrespective of the EGM vote results, Shandong Xinjufeng will be keen to launch its offer to ward off the threat of a possible competing offer from management. 


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/greatview-aseptic-packaging" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10802:1" rel="noopener">Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK)</a> disclosed that Mr Bi Hua Jeff (CEO) and Mr Hong Gang (co-founder) are contemplating a possible voluntary conditional offer. The terms and conditions were not disclosed.</li>
<li>Due to the recent AGM protest votes, management needed to provide a credible alternative to shareholders to ensure that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-xinjufeng-technology-packaging-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36744:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging (301296 CH)</a>’s offer failed.   </li>
<li>Shandong Xinjufeng's likely game plan is to wait for a binding counteroffer, focus on satisfying the preconditions, and requisition an EGM again to get Board representation.</li>
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Greatview Aseptic Packaging (468 HK) disclosed that Mr Bi Hua Jeff (CEO) and Mr Hong Gang (co-founder) are contemplating a possible voluntary conditional offer. The terms and conditions were not disclosed.
Due to the recent AGM protest votes, management needed to provide a credible alternative to shareholders to ensure that Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging (301296 CH)’s offer failed.   
Shandong Xinjufeng's likely game plan is to wait for a binding counteroffer, focus on satisfying the preconditions, and requisition an EGM again to get Board representation.


GA Pack (468 HK): Stalemate Broken as Management Considers a Possible Counteroffer

United States

Ball Corporation provides metal packaging for beverages, foods, and household products. The Company also supplies aerospace and other technologies and services to commercial and governmental customers. Ball serves customers worldwide.

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