Ball Corporation
BALL Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers
Ball Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $13.2 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.7%, EPS grew 7.79%, free cash flow grew 97.9% and total debt rose 2.75%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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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
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Annual newest first
| 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 newest first
| 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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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 | 46.2% |
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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