Ball (BALL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 10.07% for Q1 2026, down 52.0% YoY from 20.99% in Q1 2025, and down 7.36% sequentially from 10.88% in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball has disclosed EBIT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 10.07% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBIT Margin fell 52.0% year-over-year to 10.07%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.81% (up 324.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.8%, up 85.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin retreated to 10.07% in Q1 2026, from 10.88% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for BALL reached as high as 17.54% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 55.76% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 10.29% (2024), against an average of 3.8%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBIT Margin plunged 6610 bps — and 2024, when it soared 3248 bps.
  • 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin over the past three periods registered 10.07%, 10.88%, and 14.95% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 10.07%
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 13.13%
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 12.60%
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn 11.20%
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 11.17%
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn 7.58%
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 8.11%
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn 0.88%
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 3.99%
10 Greif 1.96 Bn 1.76 Bn 257.30 Mn 6.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%