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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |