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) Return on equity

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Ball Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.51%, down 6.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.86% (fiscal 2017) to 82.1% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 2.28% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 16.1% (66.00)
FY2024 82.1% 62.87
FY2023 19.2% (0.74)
FY2022 19.9% (5.07)
FY2021 25.0% 6.60
FY2020 18.4% 1.21
FY2019 17.2% 5.27
FY2018 11.9% 2.07
FY2017 9.86% (1.09)
FY2016 11.0% (11.52)

Against its own ten years

Low 9.86% High 82.1%
Ten-year median 18.4%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 30.8%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 22.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.4%
BALL Ball Corporation 9.51%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 9.40%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 2.59%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 0.00%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare −7.41%
IP International Paper Company compare −22.7%
Packaging & Containers industry median 2.28%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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