Ball (BALL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) reported Free Cash Flow of -$938.0 million for Q1 2026, down 25.74% year-over-year from -$1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 169.28% quarter-over-quarter from $1.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball (BALL) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$938.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$938.0 million, down 25.74% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $909.0 million (up 34.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.1 billion, up 5694.74% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow declined to -$938.0 million in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.4 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$1.4 billion in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$20.6 million and a median of $146.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow plunged 203.07% in 2022, then surged 827.45% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $136.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 283.09% to $521.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 49.9% to $781.0 million in 2024, then surged by 73.37% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 169.28% to -$938.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BALL's Free Cash Flow at -$938.0 million in Q1 2026, $1.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $257.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn -420.00 Mn
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 327.40 Mn
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 94.00 Mn
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn -42.00 Mn
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn -938.00 Mn
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 108.20 Mn
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -141.00 Mn
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -430.01 Mn
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn -882.02 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -938.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -938.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 257.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 257.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 236.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 236.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -746.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -746.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 781.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 781.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 493.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 493.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 146.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 146.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 521.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 521.00 Mn