Ball (BALL) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2011 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) recorded Long-Term Deferred Tax of $38 million in Q2 2026, down 44.9% from $69 million a year earlier and down 24.0% from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ball reported Long-Term Deferred Tax of $64 million, up 1.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Long-Term Deferred Tax has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -22.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Long-Term Deferred Tax came in at $63 million in FY2024 (-44.7%), $114 million in FY2023 (+56.2%), $73 million in FY2022 (-42.1%) and $126 million in FY2021 (-44.5%).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax since Q1 2012.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Deferred Tax rose in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 21.6%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Long-Term Deferred Tax in the last five years was growth of 56.2% in Q4 2023, against a decline of 54.2% in Q1 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $50 million (Q1 2026), $64 million (Q4 2025) and $49 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.14 Bn | 20.07 Bn | 1.40 Bn |
| 2 | International Paper | 20.80 Bn | 16.70 Bn | 1.66 Bn |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.43 Bn | 17.97 Bn | 512.50 Mn |
| 4 | Amcor | 19.35 Bn | 14.78 Bn | 1.34 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 14.84 Bn | 11.86 Bn | 697.00 Mn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 11.46 Bn | 8.79 Bn | 748.00 Mn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.83 Bn | 3.83 Bn | 392.38 Mn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 3.67 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 294.88 Mn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 2.68 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 292.00 Mn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.59 Bn | 2.60 Bn | 238.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 38.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 50.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 64.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 49.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 69.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 61.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 63.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 64.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 72.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 85.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 114.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 72.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 62.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 70.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 73.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 112.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 104.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 88.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 126.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 154.00 Mn |
API Access
Ball Long-Term Deferred Tax 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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-deferred-tax", "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=long-term-deferred-tax&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();