Ball (BALL) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) posted Cost of Revenue of $3.48 billion for Q3 2026, up 28.8% from $2.7 billion a year earlier and up 5.4% from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Cost of Revenue at Ball was $12.44 billion, up 22.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $10.58 billion, up 13.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Cost of Revenue shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Ball's Cost of Revenue was $9.35 billion in FY2024 (-4.1%), $9.75 billion in FY2023 (-12.3%), $11.12 billion in FY2022 (+0.3%) and $11.09 billion in FY2021 (+18.9%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cost of Revenue has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 15.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cost of Revenue in the past five years was Q4 2023, with growth of 66.2%; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a decline of 53.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cost of Revenue for the three prior quarters was $3.3 billion (Q2 2026), $2.96 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.7 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.55 Bn | 20.58 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.72 Bn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.79 Bn | 20.37 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 2.00 Bn |
| 3 | Amcor | 21.30 Bn | 16.71 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 4.97 Bn |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.82 Bn | 14.89 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 4.26 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.82 Bn | 14.98 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 3.48 Bn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.42 Bn | 10.79 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 2.99 Bn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 5.08 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 1.64 Bn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.49 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 1.71 Bn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 1.89 Bn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.89 Bn | 1.82 Bn | 197.00 Mn | 1.50 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.48 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.30 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.96 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.70 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.69 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.49 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.29 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.43 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.28 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.51 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.43 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.28 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.02 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.98 Bn |
API Access
Ball Cost of Revenue API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "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=cost-of-revenue&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();