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Ball Corp. (BALL)

Ball is one of the world's largest suppliers of aluminium packaging for the beverage, personal care and household products industries. It was organised in 1880 and incorporated in Indiana in 1922, and it is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Its largest product line is aluminium beverage containers, alongside extruded aluminium aerosol containers, recloseable aluminium bottles and aluminium slugs. Packaging is sold globally to large multinational beverage, personal care and household products companies under long-term supply contracts, with regional customers alongside them. In February 2024 it sold its aerospace business, reported as a discontinued operation for all periods, and from the first quarter of 2024 it has reported three segments: beverage packaging in North and Central America, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and in South America.

Ball Corp.

Ball is one of the world's largest suppliers of aluminium packaging for the beverage, personal care and household products industries. It was organised in 1880 and incorporated in Indiana in 1922, and it is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Its largest product line is aluminium beverage containers, alongside extruded aluminium aerosol containers, recloseable aluminium bottles and aluminium slugs. Packaging is sold globally to large multinational beverage, personal care and household products companies under long-term supply contracts, with regional customers alongside them. In February 2024 it sold its aerospace business, reported as a discontinued operation for all periods, and from the first quarter of 2024 it has reported three segments: beverage packaging in North and Central America, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and in South America.

North and Central America

The largest segment was 48% of consolidated net sales in 2025, selling containers mainly under multi-year contracts to fillers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, energy drinks and other beverages. Containers and ends are produced at 17 plants in the United States, one in Canada and two in Mexico, and the segment holds three equity method investments; in the first quarter of 2025 Ball acquired Florida Can Manufacturing at Winter Haven, Florida. The regional industry runs to approximately 139 billion units a year and five companies make substantially all of them; Ball is the largest producer and shipped approximately 50 billion containers in 2025, approximately 36% of the total. Volumes are usually highest from April through September, everything Ball makes in the region is aluminium, and more than seven global suppliers provide almost all of its can and end sheet.

Europe, the Middle East and Africa

The segment was 30% of consolidated net sales in 2025, operating 19 facilities across Europe plus one each in Cairo and Manisa, Turkey. In the countries where it operates the market runs to approximately 97 billion containers and Ball is the largest producer with an estimated 39% of shipments, having shipped 38 billion containers in 2025, with four companies making substantially all the metal containers in the region. Volumes are usually highest from May through August, with a smaller lift before the winter holidays in the United Kingdom. Raw material contracts there generally run longer, six global suppliers provide almost all can and end sheet, and exchange rate risk is managed with derivatives and local currency supply contracts.

South America and the rest

South America was 16% of consolidated net sales in 2025, with 12 facilities, nine in Brazil and one each in Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The market runs to approximately 43 billion containers, Ball is the largest producer at an estimated 46% of shipments and shipped approximately 20 billion in 2025, with four companies making substantially all of them; volumes are usually highest from September through December and two global suppliers provide virtually all can and end sheet, with some imported from Asia. Outside the three segments sit beverage packaging in India and Myanmar, run from three facilities, and the personal and home care business, which makes aerosol containers, recloseable bottles and slugs at nine plants, six in Europe and one each in Canada, Brazil and Mexico, including two acquired with Alucan Entec in late October 2024; that market shipped approximately 6.8 billion units in 2025 and Ball shipped 1.5 billion, approximately 21%, at less than 5% of consolidated net sales.

Competing and selling

Beverage containers are sold on price, quality, service, new product work and sustainability in a highly competitive market that is relatively capital intensive, where plants must run more or less continuously to operate profitably. Aluminium also competes with other materials, notably glass bottles in packaged beer and polyethylene terephthalate bottles in carbonated soft drinks and water. Exposure to aluminium prices is limited by pass-through provisions in most sales contracts and by derivatives. The company points to recycling as its case for the substrate: the global aluminium recycling rate was 75% in 2023 and Ball beverage cans carried 74% recycled content on average as of 2024.

Recent moves and people

On 21 March 2025 Ball closed a transaction for its aluminium cups business and deconsolidated it. On 27 August 2025 it sold 41% of its 51% interest in Ball United Arab Can Manufacturing, deconsolidating that business and keeping a 10% stake. At the end of 2025 the company and its subsidiaries employed approximately 16,000 people, approximately 5,000 of them in the United States.

From Ball Corporation's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025. The filing

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Latest results

Latest quarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026 · 10-Q filed 3 November 2026
Revenue
$4.2 billion
+23.9% on the year · +4.8% on the quarter
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Net income
-$94 million
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Diluted EPS
-$0.36
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.

Last full yearFY2025ended 31 December 2025 · 10-K filed 19 February 2026
Revenue
$13.2 billion
+11.6% on the year
FY2018FY2025
Net income
$912 million
-77.2% on the year
FY2018FY2025
Diluted EPS
$3.30
-74.6% on the year
FY2018FY2025

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The years before, in wordsBall (BALL) reported revenue of $13.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 11.6% on the year before. Net income was $912 million and diluted earnings per share $3.30. Revenue was $11.8 billion in fiscal 2024, $12.1 billion in fiscal 2023, $13.4 billion in fiscal 2022 and $13.8 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $4.0 billion, $707 million, $719 million and $878 million. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026, Ball reported revenue of $15.1 billion and net income of $532 million. Revenue grew 2.2% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Ball declared $0.80 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 260 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 September 2026 it carried $7.3 billion of debt and $410 million of cash. At the close of 6 November 2026 the market cap of Ball was $17.2 billion, 33.1 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE9.3%
ROCEn/a
Operating marginn/a
Net margin3.5%
FCF margin4.0%
Interest covern/a
Debt to equity1.27x
Cash conversion2.31x
Share count, last 12 months-2.9%
Sales CAGR, 3 years-0.5%
Profit CAGR, 3 years8.2%
EPS, TTM$1.99

At the close of 6 November 2026

Price$65.92
Market cap$17.2 billion
Stock P/E33.1x
Price to book3.0x
EV / EBITDAn/a
Dividend yield1.2%
Market cap / sales1.1x
52-week high$68.08
52-week low$46.41
Price, 1 year36.2%
Price CAGR, 3 years9.6%
Price CAGR, 5 years-6.1%

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Quarterly results

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022 †Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023 †Q3 FY2023 †Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024 †Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 †Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue3,6743,7164,1343,9513,5482,9813,0673,1112,9032,8742,9593,0822,8803,0973,3383,3793,3473,6033,9974,188
Cost of revenue2,9813,0163,4453,2753,0302,4322,5062,5122,7042,2832,3572,4252,2892,4932,6902,7012,6992,9573,3003,479
Gross profit693700689676518441453487483477489545480604648678648646697709
Gross margin19%19%17%17%15%15%15%16%17%17%17%18%17%20%19%20%19%18%17%17%
SG&A122186161159120115157133130237139142129149137130150150163141
Operating income380610-107523188327321325300196n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Operating margin10%16%-3%13%5%11%10%10%10%7%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Interest expense69.069.068.079.096.011311612210993.068.067.065.070.081.085.078.078.079.075.0
Pre-tax income299541-17744476.01541511751911012002277.0229268391240258278-145
Tax rate3%18%n/a9%26%21%19%26%23%27%24%19%214%23%23%19%21%24%23%n/a
Net income297446-17439255.01771732031543,685158197-32.0179212321200205221-94.0
Net margin8%12%-4%10%2%6%6%7%5%128%5%6%-1%6%6%9%6%6%6%-2%
Diluted EPS$0.90$1.37-$0.55$1.24$0.17$0.56$0.55$0.64$0.49$11.61$0.51$0.65-$0.11$0.63$0.76$1.18$0.75$0.77$0.83-$0.36
Operating cash flow884-804406174525-275636766736-1,247252610500-6653323841,211-777608189
Capital expenditure52236245744338934326522221515410611710781.096.0127170161141157
Free cash flow362-1,166-51.0-269136-618371544521-1,401146493393-7462362571,041-93846732.0
Buybacks41098.048039.01.03.00.00.00.018248339665155546784.02151.0114157
Dividends paid65.065.063.063.063.063.063.063.063.063.062.060.059.057.055.054.054.054.053.052.0
Shares outstandingn/a320m314m314m314m315m315m315m283m310m304m298m283m277m272m268m266m266m265m260m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss)

FY2008FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue6,8266,7107,6308,6318,7368,4688,5707,9979,06110,98311,63511,47411,78113,81113,37212,06211,79513,16115,135
Cost of revenue5,7005,5186,2547,081n/an/an/an/an/a8,7179,3299,2039,32311,08511,1229,7549,35410,58312,435
Gross profit1,1271,1921,1321,2811,3191,3391,4341,2951,4201,7571,7981,7752,4582,7262,2502,3082,4412,5782,700
Gross margin16.5%17.8%14.8%14.8%15.1%15.8%16.7%16.2%15.7%16.0%15.5%15.5%20.9%19.7%16.8%19.1%20.7%19.6%17.8%
Research and developmentn/a26.422.222.326.831.227.026.028.027.032.044.047.056.055.055.0n/an/an/a
Selling, general and administrative259309357381386419466450512514478417525593555532647566604
Operating income5816547658377907958396054638029359321,0031,2911,2141,273n/an/an/a
Operating margin8.5%9.7%10.0%9.7%9.0%9.4%9.8%7.6%5.1%7.3%8.0%8.1%8.5%9.3%9.1%10.6%n/an/an/a
Interest expense138117158177195212193260229285301317275270313460293314310
Pre-tax income4435376066605965846463461255146336086871,0087136145351,128631
Income tax14216017620117215015047.0-12616518571.099.0156138146133240134
Effective tax rate32.1%29.8%29.0%30.5%28.9%25.6%23.2%13.6%-100.8%32.1%29.2%11.7%14.4%15.5%19.4%23.8%24.9%21.3%21.2%
Net income3203884684443964074702812633744545665858787197074,008912532
Net margin4.7%5.8%6.1%5.1%4.5%4.8%5.5%3.5%2.9%3.4%3.9%4.9%5.0%6.4%5.4%5.9%34.0%6.9%3.5%
Diluted EPS$0.82$1.02$1.27$1.31$1.25$1.36$1.65$0.99$0.81$1.05$1.29$1.66$1.76$2.65$2.25$2.23$13.00$3.30$1.99
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From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2009 to FY2025, 1 year left out

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
Beverage packaging, North And Central American/an/an/an/an/a3,1873,2023,6124,1784,7585,0765,8566,6965,9635,6196,28650.6%
Beverage packaging, EMEA1,7401,6991,8381,7711,8281,8961,6531,9152,3602,8572,9453,5093,8543,3953,4663,98332.0%
Beverage packaging, South American/an/an/an/an/a5885911,0141,6921,6701,6952,0162,1081,9601,9512,16217.4%
Aerospace6897147858778979358108189911,4791,7411,911n/an/an/an/an/a
Corporate and Other Costs-2.3-3.3-11.4n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Food and aerosol packagingn/an/a1,6041,5601,5591,5041,2971,1711,138n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Metal Food and Household Products Packaging, Americas1,3931,370n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia2,8913,8504,4164,5424,193n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Othern/an/an/an/an/a460444531624n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Not assigned to a part in the filingn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a710324519714744759730n/a
Beverage packaging, North And Central America FY2014 to FY2025Beverage packaging, EMEABeverage packaging, South America FY2014 to FY2025Aerospace FY2009 to FY2021Food and aerosol packaging FY2011 to FY2017Other FY2014 to FY2017Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia FY2009 to FY2013Metal Food and Household Products Packaging, Americas FY2009 to FY2010
7.6FY20108.7FY20128.6FY20149.1FY201610.8FY201913.3FY202111.3FY202312.4FY2025

$ billion; hover a block for its figure and share; the figure over a bar is its parts, before the lines named below; a part named with years is one the company split its revenue into only then

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in. Not assigned to a part in the filing is the company's own eliminations and corporate items, which take the parts to revenue: shown as filed, with no share and no block in the chart. Corporate and Other Costs is below zero in FY2009, FY2010 and FY2011 as the 10-K filed it, so it has no share or block for those years.

Profit by segment FY2010

The operating profit each segment reports. Costs Ball does not charge to a segment are left out, so the segments can add up to more than the company's own operating profit.

FY2010Margin
FY2010
Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia41810.9%
Beverage packaging, EMEA21012.4%
Metal Food and Household Products Packaging, Americas14710.8%
Aerospace69.89.8%
Metal beverage packaging, Americas and AsiaBeverage packaging, EMEAMetal Food and Household Products Packaging, AmericasAerospace
846FY2010

$ million; the figure over a bar is all the segments together. Hover a block for its profit, sales and margin.

FY2010Share of salesShare of profit
Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia50%49%
Beverage packaging, EMEA22%25%
Metal Food and Household Products Packaging, Americas18%17%
Aerospace9%8%

Each column adds to 100%. A segment with a bigger share of the profit than of the sales makes more on each dollar it sells.

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where every segment with sales that year has an operating profit figure. A margin is a segment's operating profit over its own sales.

Revenue by region FY2009 to FY2025

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
United States4,5495,2285,3705,4635,1045,0914,7384,9295,4965,7835,7476,3177,2846,5105,8725,4786,16346.8%
Othern/an/an/an/an/an/a2,6683,2284,0604,4724,3764,1695,0695,4124,7824,8995,50441.8%
Braziln/an/an/an/an/an/a5919041,4271,3801,3511,2951,4581,4501,4081,4181,49411.4%
Foreign2,1612,4023,2613,2723,3643,479n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
United StatesOther FY2015 to FY2025Brazil FY2015 to FY2025Foreign FY2009 to FY2014
7.6FY20108.5FY20139.1FY201611.5FY201913.4FY202213.2FY2025

$ billion; hover a block for its figure and share; a part named with years is one the company split its revenue into only then

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow

FY2008FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow6285605159488538391,0121,0071931,4781,5661,5481,4321,7603011,8631151,2621,231
Capital expenditure2851582504443053783915286065568165981,1131,7261,6511,045484474629
Free cash flow343402265505548461622479-41392275095031934.0-1,350818-369788602
Free cash flow margin5.0%6.0%3.5%5.8%6.3%5.4%7.3%6.0%-4.6%8.4%6.4%8.3%2.7%0.2%-10.1%6.8%-3.1%6.0%4.0%
Cash from investing-418-581-110-738-356-379-391-2,721-1,283-545-206-422-1,181-1,639-786-1,0535,003-656-656
Cash from financing-206101-460-217-487-204-8451,737-387-1,073-1,040-46.0-602-894485-662-4,790-344-739
Depreciation and amortisation250243266301283300281286453729702678668700594605611622646
Share-based compensationn/a26.524.424.726.724.525.125.035.046.075.037.043.040.039.033.063.028.0n/a
Buybacks32737.055451354743239713610710373996457.07666183.01,7121,321487
Dividends paid37.537.435.845.761.875.273.072.083.0129137182198229254252244220213
Dividend per share$0.10$0.10$0.10$0.14$0.20$0.26$0.26$0.26$0.26$0.36$0.40$0.55$0.60$0.70$0.80$0.80$0.80$0.80n/a
Diluted shares, weighted388m380m367m337m316m298m285m282m323m357m352m340m333m332m320m317m308m276m264m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a260m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet

FY2008FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity1,0871,5811,5181,2191,1151,2251,0331,2513,4353,9413,4582,9493,2753,6273,4613,7695,8625,4215,720
Non-controlling interestn/a1.714015917519120610.010610510470.062.058.066.068.068.0n/a20.0
Debtn/a2,2842,8123,1443,3053,6053,0495,0287,3896,6316,5187,7917,7837,7228,9488,5695,6737,0127,284
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a181232340349287265283268
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a10.012.010.07.05.06.06.0
Other liabilitiesn/a2,6212,4572,7622,9122,7993,2833,4085,2436,4926,4746,3696,8907,9557,0756,6035,7556,8026,955
Total liabilities and equityn/a6,4886,9287,2857,5077,8207,5719,69716,17317,16916,55417,36018,25219,71419,90919,30317,62819,52420,253
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a1,7522,0482,2202,2772,3722,4312,6864,3874,6104,5424,470n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Goodwilln/a2,0082,1052,2472,3592,4042,2542,1765,0954,9334,4754,4194,4844,3784,1954,2504,1724,3794,380
Intangible assetsn/an/a1491811631661371951,9342,4622,1882,0021,8831,6881,4171,2481,080982869
Cash and equivalents1272111521661744161912245974487211,7981,3665635486958851,212410
Receivablesn/a5357748418657997937541,1581,3431,2801,1861,3442,0222,1071,6701,7362,0572,990
Inventoryn/a8811,0841,0721,0441,0281,0178981,4131,5261,2711,2741,3531,7952,1791,5311,4772,0132,645
Other assetsn/a1,1026155586256347482,7631,5891,8472,0772,2117,8229,2689,4639,9098,2788,8818,959
Total assetsn/a6,4886,9287,2857,5077,8207,5719,69716,17317,16916,55417,36018,25219,71419,90919,30317,62819,52420,253
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At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded5.1%2.2%-0.5%19.2%
Profit growth, compounded12.5%9.3%8.2%-21.8%
Return on equity, average21.6%29.8%34.7%16.8%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Ball's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Ball (BALL) reported revenue of $13.2 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 11.6% on the year before.

How much did Ball earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $912 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $3.30.

What is Ball's P/E ratio?

At the close of 6 November 2026, Ball traded at 33.1 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 September 2026.

What is Ball's market cap?

The market cap of Ball was $17.2 billion at the close of 6 November 2026.

Does Ball pay a dividend?

Yes. Ball declared $0.80 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 September 2026.

Peers: Shipping Containers

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Smurfit Westrock plc SW$23.1 billion49.532.6%4.6%1.1%0.784.0%
Packaging Corp. of America PKG$22.2 billion30.7515.1%11.2%12.0%0.832.2%
Ball Corp. BALL$17.2 billion33.129.3%n/a19.2%1.271.2%
Crown Holdings, Inc. CCK$13.1 billion16.8927.1%12.0%13.4%1.991.1%
Sonoco Products Co. SON$5.0 billionn/a-8.1%2.7%3.6%1.534.2%
Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN$4.3 billion16.5710.6%n/a4.5%1.842.0%
Greif, Inc. GEF$3.3 billionn/an/an/an/a0.34n/a
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. GPK$3.3 billion44.722.3%4.3%0.3%1.723.9%
O-I Glass, Inc. OI$796 millionn/a-223.1%n/a-1.9%9.18n/a
2 companies share its SEC industry code (Metal Cans); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Shipping Containers, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

The public record on BALL

Dividends$0.80 a share over the four quarters to 30 September 2026, a 1.21% yield
Filings21 in twelve months: 11 current reports (8-K), about 5 officer or director change; 4 results of operations; 3 regulation FD disclosure; 1 shareholder vote; 1 material agreement
Planned insider sales6 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $2.8 million; latest 5 November 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.47 by open interest at the 6 November 2026 close; the straddle prices a 4.7% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders808 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest BlackRock, Inc.
Insider trading5 sales and 1 purchase on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest8.9 million shares short, 3.58 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 September 20263 November 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20264 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20265 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202519 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20254 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20255 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20256 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202420 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202431 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20241 August 2024EDGAR

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