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Ball (BALL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ball has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 10.07% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 52.0% to 10.07% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.81% through Mar 2026, up 324.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.8% for FY2025, 85.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 10.07% for Q1 2026 at Ball, down from 10.88% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 17.54% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 55.76% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 10.29% (2024), against an average of 3.8%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin crashed -6610bps in 2022 and then soared 3248bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 55.76% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 48bps to 29.07% in 2023, then surged by 112bps to 3.4% in 2024, then soared by 220bps to 10.88% in 2025, then dropped by -7bps to 10.07% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BALL's Operating Margin are 10.07% (Q1 2026), 10.88% (Q4 2025), and 14.95% (Q3 2025).