Ball (BALL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Ball (BALL) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.46% for Q1 2026, up 353.0% YoY from 2.53% in Q1 2025, and down 1.07% sequentially from 11.58% in Q4 2025.

Ball (BALL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ball has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 11.46% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 353.0% year-over-year to 11.46%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.46% (up 353.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.81%, up 99.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 11.46% in Q1 2026, from 11.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for BALL reached as high as 11.58% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 1.51% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.71% (2024), against an average of 5.09%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 1308 bps — and 2025, when it surged 982 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.16% in 2022, then sank 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 11.46%, 11.58%, and 9.5% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn 11.46%
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 5.64%
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 18.70%
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn 15.18%
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 12.65%
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn 12.31%
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn 8.48%
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn 6.25%
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 0.00%
10 Greif 1.96 Bn 1.76 Bn 257.30 Mn 8.54%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%