Ball (BALL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $283.0 million for Q1 2026, up 2.54% YoY from $276.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed sequentially from $284.0 million in Q4 2025.

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

Ball has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $283.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 2.54% year-over-year to $283.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.0 billion (down 29.35% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $999.0 million, down 34.58% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses held at $283.0 million in Q1 2026, from $284.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for BALL reached as high as $4.2 billion in Q2 2022 and fell as low as $173.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.7 billion (2024), against an average of $1.9 billion.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 37.43% — and 2024, when it tumbled 90.29%.
  • 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 tumbled by 84.11% to $493.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 42.39% to $284.0 million in 2025, then fell by 0.35% to $283.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $283.0 million, $284.0 million, and $173.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 283.00 Mn
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 943.00 Mn
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 375.10 Mn
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn 239.00 Mn
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 109.00 Mn
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn 201.54 Mn
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 140.22 Mn
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn 273.00 Mn
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 -86.00
10 Greif 1.96 Bn 1.76 Bn 257.30 Mn 158.20 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