Ball Corporation BALL

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Ball Corporation (BALL) Gross margin

Ball Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 18.6%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.8% (fiscal 2022) to 20.9% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 20.0% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 19.6% (1.11)
FY2024 20.7% 1.57
FY2023 19.1% 2.30
FY2022 16.8% (2.91)
FY2021 19.7% (1.12)
FY2020 20.9% 1.07
FY2019 19.8% (0.03)
FY2018 19.8% (0.81)
FY2017 20.6% 1.15
FY2016 19.5% 0.26

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 17.4% (0.49)
Mar 2026 17.9% (1.43)
Dec 2025 19.4% (0.71)
Sep 2025 20.1% 0.66
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.8% High 20.9%
Ten-year median 19.7%
Current reading's percentile 45

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IP International Paper Company compare 29.8%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 29.0%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 20.8%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 20.1%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 20.0%
BALL Ball Corporation 18.6%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 17.9%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 17.4%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.0%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 35.0%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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