Ball (BALL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $161.0 million for Q1 2026, down 0.62% year-over-year from $162.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.62% quarter-over-quarter from $162.0 million in Q4 2025.
Ball (BALL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ball (BALL) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with $161.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 0.62% year-over-year to $161.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $524.0 million (down 45.76% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $525.0 million, down 50.8% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses declined to $161.0 million in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from $162.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $4.2 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $52.0 million in Q3 2025.
- Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $1.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.7 billion in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 37.43% — and 2025, when it plunged 93.95%.
- Ball's Operating Expenses stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then declined by 7.65% to $3.1 billion in 2023, then slumped by 87.82% to $378.0 million in 2024, then sank by 57.14% to $162.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.62% to $161.0 million in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BALL's Operating Expenses at $161.0 million in Q1 2026, $162.0 million in Q4 2025, and $52.0 million in Q3 2025.
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Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 25.59 Bn | 24.92 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 1.09 Bn |
| 2 | Amcor | 22.31 Bn | 21.19 Bn | 1.34 Bn | 646.00 Mn |
| 3 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.19 Bn | 21.60 Bn | 512.50 Mn | 179.30 Mn |
| 4 | International Paper | 21.76 Bn | 21.03 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 991.00 Mn |
| 5 | Ball | 16.82 Bn | 16.14 Bn | 697.00 Mn | 312.00 Mn |
| 6 | Avery Dennison | 13.93 Bn | 13.71 Bn | 729.40 Mn | 394.80 Mn |
| 7 | Crown Holdings | 12.91 Bn | 12.25 Bn | 748.00 Mn | 249.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sonoco Products | 5.85 Bn | 5.68 Bn | 392.38 Mn | 202.18 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.37 Bn | 5.30 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 107.00 Mn |
| 10 | Silgan Holdings | 4.38 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 294.88 Mn | 144.94 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 185.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 161.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 162.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 52.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 149.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 162.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 378.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 227.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 199.00 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 |