Ball sales shrink in quarter when aerospace division sale was inked

WESTMINSTER — Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) saw its year-over-year sales and net attributable earnings tumble a bit in the third quarter of 2023, a busy period for the can-manufacturing giant during which it inked a deal to offload its aerospace business.
Net earnings attributable to the corporation were $203 million on sales of $3.57 billion in the most recent period.
That’s down from net earnings of $392 million on sales of $3.95 billion in the same period of 2022.
Still, the company grew its earnings per diluted share year-over-over. That figure in the most recent period was 83 cents — topping the…
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