Growth Metrics

Ball (BALL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ball has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 17.93% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 157.0% to 17.93% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 19.17% through Mar 2026, down 125.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 19.59% for FY2025, 111.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 17.93% for Q1 2026 at Ball, down from 19.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 21.32% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 9.86% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 19.36% (2025), against an average of 17.24%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin tumbled -2962bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 2912bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 11.78% in 2022, then soared by 75bps to 20.63% in 2023, then fell by -1bps to 20.52% in 2024, then dropped by -6bps to 19.36% in 2025, then dropped by -7bps to 17.93% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BALL's Gross Margin are 17.93% (Q1 2026), 19.36% (Q4 2025), and 20.07% (Q3 2025).