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

Ball (BALL) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of -$938.0 million for Q1 2026, down 25.74% YoY from -$1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 169.28% sequentially from $1.4 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Ball has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$938.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 25.74% year-over-year to -$938.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $909.0 million (up 34.87% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.1 billion, up 5694.74% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow retreated to -$938.0 million in Q1 2026, from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for BALL reached as high as $1.4 billion in Q4 2025 and fell as low as -$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.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow slumped 203.07% — and 2023, when it surged 827.45%.
  • 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 sank by 169.28% to -$938.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods registered -$938.0 million, $1.4 billion, and $257.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn -938.00 Mn
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 94.00 Mn
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 108.20 Mn
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn -141.00 Mn
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn -430.01 Mn
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn -882.02 Mn
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn -253.00 Mn
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 -287.00 Mn
10 Greif 1.96 Bn 1.76 Bn 257.30 Mn 156.90 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