Ball Corporation

Ball Corporation is the world's largest producer of aluminium beverage cans, supplying packaging to global drinks brands and benefiting from the shift away from plastic toward recyclable metal containers. After divesting its aerospace division, the company is now a focused packaging pure-play with significant scale across the Americas and Europe. Ball has paid dividends for more than three decades, and while the yield is low, the distribution has grown gradually over time. Much of shareholder return comes through buybacks rather than a high payout. The result is a dependable but modest income profile, suited to investors who value a long history and defensive end-markets over headline yield.