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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |