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