Ball (BALL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 2.65% for Q3 2026, down 1.02 percentage points from 3.67% a year earlier and down 2.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ball (BALL) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Ball's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 4.93%, down 16.81 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +1.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Ball's Return on Assets [ROA] was 21.74% in FY2024 (+18.11 pp), 3.63% in FY2023 (-0.07 pp), 3.69% in FY2022 (-0.93 pp) and 4.63% in FY2021 (+1.36 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -6.50 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q1 2024, with a gain of 19.19 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2025, with a drop of 18.67 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 4.76% (Q2 2026), 4.79% (Q1 2026) and 4.78% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.27 Bn | 20.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 1.04% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.65 Bn | 20.22 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 6.54% |
| 3 | International Paper | 22.01 Bn | 18.09 Bn | 1.93 Bn | -9.60% |
| 4 | Amcor | 20.90 Bn | 16.32 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 2.94% |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.50 Bn | 709.00 Mn | 2.65% |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.31 Bn | 11.21 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 6.47% |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 4.93 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 405.32 Mn | -2.15% |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.42 Bn | 2.23 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 2.76% |
| 9 | Greif | 3.37 Bn | 3.37 Bn | 254.60 Mn | - |
| 10 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.30 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 0.64% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.65% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.76% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.79% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.78% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.07% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.84% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.02% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.22% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.62% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.99% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.32% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.75% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.62% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.54% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.41% |
API Access
Ball Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BALL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();