Ball (BALL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) recorded Operating Margin of -0.96% in Q3 2026, down 15.90 percentage points from 14.95% a year earlier and down 10.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Ball's Operating Margin came in at 7.08% as of Sep 30, 2026, down 3.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 12.00%, up 4.25 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +3.48 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Margin came in at 7.75% in FY2024 (-2.80 pp), 10.55% in FY2023 (+1.48 pp), 9.08% in FY2022 (-0.27 pp) and 9.35% in FY2021 (+0.83 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Operating Margin since Q2 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.79 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 13.05 percentage points in Q2 2023, against a drop of 15.90 percentage points in Q3 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 9.63% (Q2 2026), 10.07% (Q1 2026) and 10.88% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.05 Bn | 20.09 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 5.97% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.08 Bn | 19.65 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 14.81% |
| 3 | Amcor | 20.81 Bn | 16.21 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 7.41% |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.29 Bn | 14.37 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 14.88% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.54 Bn | 709.00 Mn | -0.96% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.08 Bn | 10.44 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 11.91% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 5.02 Bn | 4.07 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -31.25% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.36 Bn | 2.16 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 9.35% |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.33 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 4.61% |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.83 Bn | 1.76 Bn | 197.00 Mn | 6.85% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -0.96% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.63% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.07% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.95% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.44% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.47% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.97% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.54% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.59% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.42% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.34% |
API Access
Ball Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BALL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();