Ball Corporation BALL

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Ball Corporation (BALL) Operating margin

Ball Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 10.3%, down 0.6 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 above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 8.36% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.34%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

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

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 8.68% (0.37)
Mar 2026 9.05% (0.72)
Dec 2025 9.77% (4.08)
Sep 2025 13.9% 3.54
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.11% High 10.9%
Ten-year median 8.04%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.1%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 13.9%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 12.3%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 11.8%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 10.9%
BALL Ball Corporation 10.3%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 8.08%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 4.71%
IP International Paper Company compare 0.90%
Packaging & Containers industry median 8.36%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.34%
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

The full definition of Operating margin →

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