Ball (BALL) Inventory (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) posted Inventory of $2.65 billion for Q3 2026, up 42.5% from $1.86 billion a year earlier and up 5.1% from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Inventory (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ball's Inventory came in at $2.01 billion, up 36.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Inventory shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Ball's Inventory was $1.48 billion in FY2024 (-3.5%), $1.53 billion in FY2023 (-29.7%), $2.18 billion in FY2022 (+21.4%) and $1.8 billion in FY2021 (+32.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Inventory in data going back to Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Inventory has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 27.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Inventory in the past five years was Q1 2022, with growth of 66.0%; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a decline of 31.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Inventory for the three prior quarters was $2.52 billion (Q2 2026), $2.22 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.01 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Inventory (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.05 Bn | 20.09 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 3.77 Bn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.08 Bn | 19.65 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 1.31 Bn |
| 3 | Amcor | 20.81 Bn | 16.21 Bn | 1.16 Bn | - |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.29 Bn | 14.37 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 2.12 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.54 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 2.65 Bn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.08 Bn | 10.44 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 1.86 Bn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 5.02 Bn | 4.07 Bn | 405.32 Mn | - |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.36 Bn | 2.16 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 916.94 Mn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.33 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 1.69 Bn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.83 Bn | 1.76 Bn | 197.00 Mn | 580.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.52 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.22 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.86 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.73 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.64 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.48 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.39 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.50 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.53 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.98 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.19 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.20 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.47 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.32 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.80 Bn |
API Access
Ball Inventory API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=inventory&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "inventory", "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=inventory&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();