Ball (BALL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) reported FCF Margin of 26.03% for Q1 2026, down 195.0% year-over-year from 27.4% in Q1 2025, and down 164.35% quarter-over-quarter from 40.45% in Q4 2025.
Ball (BALL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ball (BALL) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 26.03% in Q1 2026.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 26.03%, down 195.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.65% (up 104.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.37%, up 820.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin slipped to 26.03% in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from 40.45% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 40.45% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 48.75% in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.11% and a median of 7.07% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin jumped 2651 bps in 2023, then tumbled 2802 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 8.66% in 2022, then soared by 107 bps to 17.95% in 2023, then surged by 51 bps to 27.12% in 2024, then soared by 49 bps to 40.45% in 2025, then sank by 164 bps to 26.03% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BALL's FCF Margin at 26.03% in Q1 2026, 40.45% in Q4 2025, and 7.61% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 21.64 Bn | 20.99 Bn | 1.27 Bn | -5.45% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.07 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 452.90 Mn | 13.83% |
| 3 | International Paper | 18.03 Bn | 16.73 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 1.57% |
| 4 | Amcor | 17.99 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.19 Bn | -0.71% |
| 5 | Ball | 14.38 Bn | 13.50 Bn | 646.00 Mn | -26.03% |
| 6 | Avery Dennison | 12.23 Bn | 11.97 Bn | 664.80 Mn | 4.71% |
| 7 | Crown Holdings | 10.71 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 644.00 Mn | -4.33% |
| 8 | Sonoco Products | 4.95 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 345.63 Mn | -25.65% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.85 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 207.00 Mn | 3.08% |
| 10 | Silgan Holdings | 4.09 Bn | 3.66 Bn | 265.78 Mn | -56.49% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -26.03% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 40.45% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.61% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.07% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -24.09% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 27.12% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -48.75% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.95% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.49% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.10% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -20.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -9.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -31.38% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.35% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.26% |