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.

Revenue
+23.9%
EPS
−130.2%
Free cash flow
−87.6%
Total debt
+1.05%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

66.89 0.49 −0.73%
Market cap
$17.4B
P/E
33.6×
Fwd P/E
19.0×
Dividend yield
1.20%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.45
Beneish M
−2.38
Dividend safety
71/100

Ball Corporation (BALL) Operating cash flow

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Ball Corporation's operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.3B, up 997.4% from $115.0M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.2B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $115.0M (fiscal 2024) to $1.9B (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. Ball Corporation ranks 6th of 23 Packaging & Containers companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $1.3B 997.39%
FY2024 $115.0M (93.83%)
FY2023 $1.9B 518.94%
FY2022 $301.0M (82.90%)
FY2021 $1.8B 22.91%
FY2020 $1.4B (7.49%)
FY2019 $1.5B (1.15%)
FY2018 $1.6B 5.95%
FY2017 $1.5B 665.80%
FY2016 $193.0M (80.83%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $189.0M (68.91%)
Jun 2026 $608.0M —
Mar 2026 −$777.0M —
Dec 2025 $1.2B 215.36%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $115.0M High $1.9B
Ten-year median $1.4B
Current reading's percentile 45

Operating cash flow against peers

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

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