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Ball (BALL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Ball has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at -$938.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 25.74% to -$938.0 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $909.0 million through Mar 2026, up 34.87% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.1 billion for FY2025, 5694.74% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$938.0 million for Q1 2026 at Ball, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $146.0 million (2024), against an average of -$20.6 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow crashed 203.07% in 2022 and then surged 827.45% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $136.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 283.09% to $521.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BALL's Free Cash Flow are -$938.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $257.0 million (Q3 2025).