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

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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%