Ball (BALL) Pension (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) reported Pension of $448 million for Q3 2026, down 14.0% from $521 million a year earlier and down 4.3% from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Pension (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ball posted Pension of $499 million, down 13.5% from FY2024.
- Pension has declined for five consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -20.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Pension came in at $577 million in FY2024 (-21.5%), $735 million in FY2023 (-13.2%), $847 million in FY2022 (-29.7%) and $1.21 billion in FY2021 (-25.3%).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Pension in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Year over year, Pension has now declined in each of the last 23 quarters, with an average decline of 15.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The year-over-year decline in Pension has ranged between 10.1% (Q3 2023) and 31.6% (Q3 2022) over the last five years.
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $468 million (Q2 2026), $462 million (Q1 2026) and $499 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.02 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.34 Bn | 19.92 Bn | 603.90 Mn |
| 3 | Amcor | 20.65 Bn | 16.06 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.58 Bn | 14.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.54 Bn | 709.00 Mn |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.22 Bn | 10.58 Bn | 724.00 Mn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.88 Bn | 3.93 Bn | 405.32 Mn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.38 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 328.59 Mn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.20 Bn | 2.20 Bn | 307.00 Mn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.82 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 238.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 448.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 468.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 462.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 499.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 521.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 557.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 541.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 577.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 630.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 624.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 645.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 735.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 813.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 840.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 824.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 847.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 904.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 973.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.05 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.21 Bn |
API Access
Ball Pension API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=pension&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "pension", "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=pension&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();