Ball Corp Rides on Solid Beverage-Can Demand Amid FX Woes

On Mar 16, we issued an updated research report on Ball Corporation (BLL-Free Report) . Overall global beverage-can demand continues to grow as customers now prefer cans over glass and plastic. The company seems well poised to capitalize on this demand by investing in capacity expansion and new products. A robust backlog also suggests continued momentum in the aerospace segment. However, headwinds related to currency, higher freight rates and tight metal supply in the United States concern us.

Rising Beverage-Can Demand: A Key Catalyst

Global beverage-can demand continues to shoot up as consumers now prefer cans over glass and plastic. The company remains well positioned to bank on this by investing in capacity and products.

The company expects capital spending of $800 million in the current year. Ball Corporation continues to focus on initiatives, in order to achieve better value for standard products and higher growth for specialty products. The company’s cost-cutting actions will also bolster its margins.

Investments in Capacity to

Demand

Ball Corporation’s balance sheet remains healthy and provides flexibility to invest in capacity, while returning value to shareholders. The company has been primarily investing in aluminum packaging production, in a bid to cater to the rising demand for aluminum cans, bottles and cups. It is focused on improving operational efficiencies, sustainability benefits and ramping-up the previously-announced line additions and greenfield-plant expansions, in order to add at least 8 billion units of capacity by the end of 2021.

Furthermore, the company has launched lightweight aluminum cups in response to increasing demand for sustainable products. Ball Corporation has announced its plan to construct two new specialty beverages-can manufacturing facilities in Glendale, AZ, and in the Northeast U.S. as well, in order to support the new can-filling facility for consumers. Further, the company has closed the sale of its China beverage can business and the Argentine steel aerosol business.

Recently, the company entered into an agreement to acquire an aluminum aerosol packaging business, Tubex, for $80 million. The buyout includes the purchase of a plant near Sao Paolo, Brazil. This strategic investment will enable the company to extend its geographic reach, while serving the market as one of the leading aluminum aerosol suppliers in Brazil. Moreover, the acquisition supports the company’s global aluminum aerosol and slug business in Europe, North America and Asia.

Ongoing Momentum in Segments

The Beverage Packaging, North and Central America segment will benefit from operational efficiency, benefits from new customer contracts, mitigation of U.S. aluminum scrap headwinds and increased availability of cans in the current year.

The Beverage Packaging, South America segment is also poised well for improved results in 2020 on favorable market trends for cans across the regions, better customer mix and improved manufacturing efficiencies. The new beverage-can plant in Paraguay is on track and the company is poised to add additional capacity in Brazil during fourth-quarter 2020. The Beverage Packaging, Europe segment will gain on customers’ growing preference for cans and increased production from new lines in the company’s existing facilities.

Ball Corporation expects the Aerospace segment’s earnings and revenues to register stellar double-digit growth over the next few years. The Aerospace segment’s year-end backlog increased 14% year over year. The segment has won contracts worth $4.2 billion since the end of fourth-quarter 2019.

Headwinds Ahead

Headwinds related to currency and higher freight rates are likely to affect Ball Corporation’s performance in the days to come. Furthermore, the North and Central America segment has been incurring short-term costs due to tight inventories. Apart from this, year-over-year segment volume growth has been limited by the availability of cans. Thus, until new production comes online, the segment’s volume is likely to be suppressed in the first half of the ongoing year.

Share Price Performance

Ball Corporation along with Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN-Free Report) falls under the Containers Metal and Glass industry. Ball Corporation’s shares have gained 0.9% over the past year against the industry’s loss of 4.8%.

Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider

Ball Corporation currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

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