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Ball Corporation BALL Debt-to-equity

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1.4×-1.0×
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+0.3×
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0.7×+0.1×
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0.8×-0.1×
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1.3×-0.2×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.6B+16.3%
Gross profit$646.0M+7.0%
Net income$205.0M+14.5%
EPS (diluted)$0.77+22.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$730.0M+62.6%
Total debt$7.9B+16.0%
Total equity$5.6B+1.8%
Total assets$19.8B+9.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$777.0M-16.8%
CapEx$161.0M+98.8%
Free cash flow-$938.0M-25.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.37B+7.0%
Enterprise value$22.53B+8.7%
P/E16.3×-12.0×
P/S1.1×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.2%-1.2pp
Operating margin9.6%+2.1pp
Net margin6.9%+2.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity17%+9.0pp
Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ball Corporation’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Ball Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ball Corporation's debt-to-equity?
Ball Corporation (BALL) reported debt-to-equity of 1.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Ball Corporation's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Ball Corporation's debt-to-equity increased by 14.0% year-over-year, from 1.2× to 1.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Ball Corporation's debt-to-equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ball Corporation's debt-to-equity has grown at a -12.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 9× to 5.3×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.