Ball (BALL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) reported Operating Expenses of $283.0 million for Q1 2026, up 2.54% year-over-year from $276.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $284.0 million in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball (BALL) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $283.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $283.0 million, up 2.54% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.0 billion (down 29.35% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $999.0 million, down 34.58% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses steadied at $283.0 million in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from $284.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $4.2 billion in Q2 2022 and troughed at $173.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.9 billion and a median of $2.7 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses jumped 37.43% in 2022, then sank 90.29% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 7.65% to $3.1 billion in 2023, then sank by 84.11% to $493.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 42.39% to $284.0 million in 2025, then fell by 0.35% to $283.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BALL's Operating Expenses at $283.0 million in Q1 2026, $284.0 million in Q4 2025, and $173.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.17 Bn 20.52 Bn 1.27 Bn 961.00 Mn
2 Packaging Corp Of America 19.43 Bn 18.89 Bn 452.90 Mn 180.30 Mn
3 Amcor 17.53 Bn 15.95 Bn 1.19 Bn 532.00 Mn
4 International Paper 17.36 Bn 16.06 Bn 1.73 Bn 943.00 Mn
5 Ball 13.98 Bn 13.10 Bn 646.00 Mn 283.00 Mn
6 Avery Dennison 11.76 Bn 11.50 Bn 664.80 Mn 375.10 Mn
7 Crown Holdings 10.32 Bn 10.23 Bn 644.00 Mn 239.00 Mn
8 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.74 Bn 4.67 Bn 207.00 Mn 109.00 Mn
9 Sonoco Products 4.73 Bn 4.53 Bn 345.63 Mn 201.54 Mn
10 Silgan Holdings 3.87 Bn 3.44 Bn 265.78 Mn 140.22 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 283.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 284.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 173.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 266.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 276.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 493.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 340.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 315.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 2.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 3.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 3.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 4.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 3.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 3.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 3.32 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 3.09 Bn