Ball (BALL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) reported EBIT Margin of 10.07% for Q1 2026, down 52.0% year-over-year from 20.99% in Q1 2025, and down 7.36% quarter-over-quarter from 10.88% in Q4 2025.
Ball (BALL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ball (BALL) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 10.07% in Q1 2026.
- EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 10.07%, down 52.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.81% (up 324.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.8%, up 85.0% from the prior year.
- EBIT Margin declined to 10.07% in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from 10.88% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 17.54% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 55.76% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 3.8% and a median of 10.29% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBIT Margin slumped 6610 bps in 2022, then soared 3248 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 55.76% in 2022, then jumped by 48 bps to 29.07% in 2023, then surged by 112 bps to 3.4% in 2024, then soared by 220 bps to 10.88% in 2025, then retreated by 7 bps to 10.07% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BALL's EBIT Margin at 10.07% in Q1 2026, 10.88% in Q4 2025, and 14.95% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 21.64 Bn | 20.99 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 3.28% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.07 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 452.90 Mn | 10.61% |
| 3 | International Paper | 18.03 Bn | 16.73 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 13.13% |
| 4 | Amcor | 17.99 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 7.80% |
| 5 | Ball | 14.38 Bn | 13.50 Bn | 646.00 Mn | 10.07% |
| 6 | Avery Dennison | 12.23 Bn | 11.97 Bn | 664.80 Mn | 12.60% |
| 7 | Crown Holdings | 10.71 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 644.00 Mn | 11.20% |
| 8 | Sonoco Products | 4.95 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 345.63 Mn | 7.58% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.85 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 207.00 Mn | 11.17% |
| 10 | Silgan Holdings | 4.09 Bn | 3.66 Bn | 265.78 Mn | 8.11% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.07% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.95% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.44% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -29.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.47% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -55.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.54% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.59% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.42% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.34% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.70% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.78% |