Ball (BALL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) posted Gross Margin of 16.93% for Q3 2026, down 3.14 percentage points from 20.07% a year earlier and down 0.51 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Gross Margin at Ball was 17.84%, down 2.02 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 19.59%, down 1.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Gross Margin shows a five-year change of -1.28 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Ball's Gross Margin was 20.70% in FY2024 (+1.56 pp), 19.13% in FY2023 (+2.31 pp), 16.83% in FY2022 (-2.91 pp) and 19.74% in FY2021 (-1.13 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Gross Margin since Q4 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Gross Margin has declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.40 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin in the past five years was Q3 2023, with a gain of 29.12 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 29.62 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin for the three prior quarters was 17.44% (Q2 2026), 17.93% (Q1 2026) and 19.36% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.02 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 17.64% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.34 Bn | 19.92 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 23.21% |
| 3 | Amcor | 20.65 Bn | 16.06 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 18.91% |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.58 Bn | 14.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 31.21% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.54 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 16.93% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.22 Bn | 10.58 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 19.51% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.88 Bn | 3.93 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 19.85% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.38 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 16.11% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.20 Bn | 2.20 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 14.01% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.82 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 238.00 Mn | 13.89% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.93% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 19.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.41% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.50% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.52% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.34% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.56% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.63% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.29% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.42% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.78% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -9.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.67% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.84% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 18.86% |
API Access
Ball Gross Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "BALL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();