Ball (BALL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) posted quarterly Net Margin of 5.69% for Q1 2026, down 9.0% YoY from 6.25% in Q1 2025, and down 3.33% sequentially from 5.89% in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball has disclosed Net Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 5.69% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 9.0% year-over-year to 5.69%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.84% (up 266.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.93%, down 2705.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin retreated to 5.69% in Q1 2026, from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for BALL reached as high as 13.15% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 4.21% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 5.78% (2025), against an average of 5.55%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Net Margin sank 1005 bps — and 2023, when it surged 985 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 3.5% in 2022, then surged by 52 bps to 5.3% in 2023, then tumbled by 121 bps to 1.11% in 2024, then jumped by 630 bps to 5.89% in 2025, then declined by 3 bps to 5.69% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 5.69%, 5.89%, and 9.5% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 5.69%
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn -0.27%
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 7.31%
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn -8.90%
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 6.73%
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn -1.06%
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 3.96%
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn -1.99%
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 0.00%
10 Greif 1.96 Bn 1.76 Bn 257.30 Mn -1.69%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.69%
Dec 31, 2025 5.89%
Sep 30, 2025 9.50%
Jun 30, 2025 6.35%
Mar 31, 2025 5.78%
Dec 31, 2024 -1.11%
Sep 30, 2024 6.39%
Jun 30, 2024 5.34%
Mar 31, 2024 2.71%
Dec 31, 2023 5.30%
Sep 30, 2023 6.53%
Jun 30, 2023 5.64%
Mar 31, 2023 5.94%
Dec 31, 2022 3.50%
Sep 30, 2022 13.15%
Jun 30, 2022 -4.21%
Mar 31, 2022 12.00%
Dec 31, 2021 8.08%
Sep 30, 2021 5.04%
Jun 30, 2021 5.84%