Ball Corporation BALL Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 19.2%-1.2pp | 19.6%-1.1pp | 19.9%-0.9pp | 20.2%0.0pp | 20.4%+0.8pp | |
| Net margin | 6.9%+2.7pp | 7%-27.1pp | 5.4%-30.1pp | 4.5%-30.9pp | 4.2%-31.1pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 15.4%+2.7pp | 15.7%+3.5pp | 14.3%+0.1pp | 13.1%-1.3pp | 12.8%-1.9pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 17%+9.0pp | 16.2%-67.1pp | 11.3%-67.8pp | 9.3%-68.9pp | 7.9%-69.1pp | |
| Return on assets | 5%+2.3pp | 4.9%-16.8pp | 3.6%-18.0pp | 3%-18.5pp | 2.7%-18.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4%+3.3pp | 10.3%+4.8pp | 7.9%+1.0pp | 6.6%0.0pp | 6.1%-1.0pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.7×-0.4× | 6.1×-0.2× | 6.3×+0.2× | 6.3×+0.7× | 6.1×+0.9× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.1×+0.1× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1.1×0.0× | 1×-0.2× | 1×-0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.2× | 0.7×-0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.1×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.4×+0.2× | 1.3×+0.3× | 1.3×+0.5× | 1.4×+0.5× | 1.2×+0.4× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.4×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4×-0.7× | 2.9×-0.5× | 3.7×+1.1× | 4.2×+1.6× | 4.1×+1.8× | |
| Interest coverage | 4.6×+1.1× | 4.6×+1.8× | 4×+0.8× | 3.6×+0.8× | 3.5×+0.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $20.94+8.5% | $19.64+3.3% | $19.96-8.9% | $18.74-15.4% | $19.30-16.2% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $15.73B+7.0% | $14.2B-13.7% | $13.72B-33.4% | $15.81B-15.1% | $14.7B-30.7% | |
| Enterprise value | $22.9B+8.7% | $20.08B-5.8% | $20.45B-18.4% | $22.62B-2.3% | $21.06B-17.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 16.7×-12.3× | 15.5×+11.4× | 20×+15.1× | 28.1×+23.6× | 29×+24.0× | |
| Price / sales | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.1×-0.3× | 1.1×-0.7× | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.6× | |
| Price / book | 2.8×+0.1× | 2.6×-0.2× | 2.5×-0.6× | 3×+0.3× | 2.7×-0.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.9×-2.9× | 9.7×-5.1× | 11.3×-3.7× | 14×+0.4× | 13.7×-0.7× | |
| EV / sales | 1.7×-0.1× | 1.5×-0.3× | 1.6×-0.5× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.8×-0.4× | |
| Earnings yield | 6%+2.5pp | 6.4%-18.0pp | 5%-15.4pp | 3.6%-19.0pp | 3.4%-16.4pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.4%-0.2pp | 1.5%+0.1pp | 1.6%+0.4pp | 1.5%+0.1pp | 1.6%+0.4pp | |
| PEG ratio | 0.2×— | —— | —— | —— | —— |
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- What are Ball Corporation's profit margins?
- Ball Corporation (BALL) runs a 19.2% gross margin and a 9.6% operating margin, with a 6.9% net margin.
- Where do Ball Corporation's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Ball Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
