Ball Corporation BALL

56.83 0.17 0.30% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$15.0B
P/E
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Ball Corporation (BALL) Free cash flow margin

Ball Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.77%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.1% (fiscal 2022) to 8.39% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 5.14% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.68%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.99% 9.12
FY2024 −3.13% (9.91)
FY2023 6.78% 16.88
FY2022 −10.1% (10.35)
FY2021 0.25% (2.46)
FY2020 2.71% (5.57)
FY2019 8.28% 1.83
FY2018 6.45% (1.94)
FY2017 8.39% 12.95
FY2016 −4.56% (10.55)

Against its own ten years

Low −10.1% High 8.39%
Ten-year median 5.99%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 11.3%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 9.38%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 8.45%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 7.80%
BALL Ball Corporation 5.77%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 5.40%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 5.31%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 3.34%
IP International Paper Company compare 2.68%
Packaging & Containers industry median 5.14%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

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