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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
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Ball Corporation (BALL) Operating margin
Ball Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.10%, down 4.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.11% (fiscal 2016) to 10.9% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Packaging & Containers industry median of 6.42% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 10.9% | 4.40 |
| FY2024 | 6.47% | (2.14) |
| FY2023 | 8.61% | 0.91 |
| FY2022 | 7.70% | (1.65) |
| FY2021 | 9.35% | 0.84 |
| FY2020 | 8.51% | 0.39 |
| FY2019 | 8.12% | 0.08 |
| FY2018 | 8.04% | 0.74 |
| FY2017 | 7.30% | 2.19 |
| FY2016 | 5.11% | (2.47) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | −1.84% | (10.52) |
| Jun 2026 | 8.68% | (0.37) |
| Mar 2026 | 9.05% | (0.72) |
| Dec 2025 | 9.77% | (4.08) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 11.7% |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare | 11.2% |
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 8.08% |
| BALL Ball Corporation | 6.10% |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 4.57% |
| IP International Paper Company compare | 2.85% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 2.74% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 6.42% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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