Ball (BALL) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) reported Cash & Equivalents of $491 million for Q2 2026, up 65.9% from $296 million a year earlier but down 32.7% from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ball posted Cash & Equivalents of $1.21 billion, up 36.9% from FY2024.
- Cash & Equivalents has increased for three consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -2.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Cash & Equivalents came in at $885 million in FY2024 (+27.3%), $695 million in FY2023 (+26.8%), $548 million in FY2022 (-2.7%) and $563 million in FY2021 (-58.8%).
- Five-year quarterly Cash & Equivalents spans a low of $296 million in Q2 2025 and a high of $1.72 billion in Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Cash & Equivalents has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 1.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Cash & Equivalents in five years was Q1 2024 (growth of 200.5%); the low point was Q2 2025 (a decline of 78.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $730 million (Q1 2026), $1.21 billion (Q4 2025) and $568 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Equiv. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 22.58 Bn | 19.51 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 677.00 Mn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.47 Bn | 18.00 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 442.80 Mn |
| 3 | International Paper | 20.39 Bn | 16.29 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 726.00 Mn |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.34 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 1.12 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 14.96 Bn | 11.98 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 491.00 Mn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.55 Bn | 8.87 Bn | 748.00 Mn | 656.00 Mn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.80 Bn | 3.80 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 168.65 Mn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.67 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 351.53 Mn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.66 Bn | 1.88 Bn | 292.00 Mn | 205.00 Mn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.62 Bn | 2.63 Bn | 238.00 Mn | 189.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 491.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 730.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.21 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 568.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 296.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 449.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 885.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.35 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.72 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 695.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.34 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 955.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 572.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 548.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 473.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 480.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 437.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 563.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.45 Bn |
API Access
Ball Cash & Equivalents API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-equivalents", "ticker": "BALL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();