Ball (BALL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Ball (BALL) reported Return on Capital Employed of 11.46% for Q1 2026, up 353.0% year-over-year from 2.53% in Q1 2025, and down 1.07% quarter-over-quarter from 11.58% in Q4 2025.
Ball (BALL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ball (BALL) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.46% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.46%, up 353.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.46% (up 353.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.81%, up 99.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed eased to 11.46% in Q1 2026 per BALL's latest filing, from 11.58% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.58% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 1.51% in Q1 2023.
- A 5-year average of 5.09% and a median of 6.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 1308 bps in 2023, then surged 982 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.16% in 2022, then tumbled by 56 bps to 0.51% in 2023, then surged by 1207 bps to 6.71% in 2024, then surged by 73 bps to 11.58% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 11.46% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows BALL's Return on Capital Employed at 11.46% in Q1 2026, 11.58% in Q4 2025, and 9.5% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 21.64 Bn | 20.99 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 3.75% |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 20.07 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 452.90 Mn | 11.12% |
| 3 | International Paper | 18.03 Bn | 16.73 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 5.64% |
| 4 | Amcor | 17.99 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.19 Bn | 4.39% |
| 5 | Ball | 14.38 Bn | 13.50 Bn | 646.00 Mn | 11.46% |
| 6 | Avery Dennison | 12.23 Bn | 11.97 Bn | 664.80 Mn | 18.70% |
| 7 | Crown Holdings | 10.71 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 644.00 Mn | 15.18% |
| 8 | Sonoco Products | 4.95 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 345.63 Mn | 12.31% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.85 Bn | 4.78 Bn | 207.00 Mn | 12.65% |
| 10 | Silgan Holdings | 4.09 Bn | 3.66 Bn | 265.78 Mn | 8.48% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.58% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.50% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.61% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.93% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.25% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.51% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.16% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.24% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.94% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 10.62% |