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
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 |