Growth Metrics

Ball (BALL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Ball has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 11.46% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 353.0% to 11.46% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.46% through Mar 2026, up 353.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.81% for FY2025, 99.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 11.46% for Q1 2026 at Ball, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.71% (2024), against an average of 5.09%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -1308bps in 2023 and then surged 982bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.16% in 2022, then tumbled by -56bps to 0.51% in 2023, then surged by 1207bps to 6.71% in 2024, then surged by 73bps to 11.58% in 2025, then dropped by -1bps to 11.46% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BALL's Return on Capital Employed are 11.46% (Q1 2026), 11.58% (Q4 2025), and 9.5% (Q3 2025).