Ball (BALL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.06 for Q1 2026, up 24.65% year-over-year from 0.05 in Q1 2025, and down 244.35% quarter-over-quarter from 0.04 in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball (BALL) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.06 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.06, up 24.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.24 (down 32.4% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.2, down 98.44% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.06 in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.46 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.24 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01 and a median of 0.08 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 157.99% in 2022 and fell as far as 732.77% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.46 in 2022, then plunged by 73.9% to 0.12 in 2023, then plunged by 37.53% to 0.08 in 2024, then slumped by 47.21% to 0.04 in 2025, then sank by 244.35% to 0.06 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BALL's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.06 in Q1 2026, 0.04 in Q4 2025, and 0.21 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn -0.56
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 0.34
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 2.61
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn -7.14
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn -0.06
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 0.67
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -0.40
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -0.12
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 1.78
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.06
Dec 31, 2025 0.04
Sep 30, 2025 0.21
Jun 30, 2025 0.23
Mar 31, 2025 -0.08
Dec 31, 2024 0.08
Sep 30, 2024 0.12
Jun 30, 2024 0.42
Mar 31, 2024 -0.04
Dec 31, 2023 0.12
Sep 30, 2023 0.12
Jun 30, 2023 0.17
Mar 31, 2023 -0.10
Dec 31, 2022 0.46
Sep 30, 2022 -0.23
Jun 30, 2022 -1.24
Mar 31, 2022 -0.06
Dec 31, 2021 0.18
Sep 30, 2021 0.25
Jun 30, 2021 0.20