Latest revenue
$3.60B
as of 2026-03-31
Latest net income
—
as of 2026-03-31
Net margin
—
as of 2026-03-31
Price · 5Y
Live market
delayed ≤15 min- Market cap
- $15.05B
- Enterprise value
- $21.69B
- P/E (trailing)
- —
- Forward P/E
- —
- P/B
- 2.76×
- Dividend yield
- 1.4%
- 52-wk high
- $68.29
- 52-wk low
- $44.83
- Beta
- —
- Shares out
- 266.2M
5-year trend
What this company does
Ball Corporation manufactures aluminum cans and packaging for beverage, personal care, and household product brands worldwide. It generates revenue by selling these containers to consumer goods companies, posting $9.8 billion in nine-month net sales with packaging as the sole continuing business. Following the early-2024 sale of its aerospace division for over $5 billion, Ball now operates as a pure-play aluminum packaging company and is aggressively returning cash through buybacks, having repurchased $1.1 billion in stock year-to-date.
Generated from BALL's filing dated 2026-02-19
Key risks
- Leverage rising: long-term debt jumped to $6.86B from $5.31B, with interest expense up 27% YoY to $85M quarterly.
- Aggressive buybacks draining liquidity: $1.1B treasury repurchases YTD shrunk share count 10%, while cash fell to $568M from $885M.
- Working capital pressure: $909M working capital build cut operating cash flow to just $51M for nine months despite higher earnings.
Generated from BALL's filing dated 2026-02-19
Profitability
Operating margin
9.1%
14.7%Leverage
Debt / equity
2.60×
29.6%Long-term debt / equity
1.29×
42.3%Debt / assets
72.2%
8.2%Earnings tracker
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Net income | YoY | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 2026 2026-03-31 | $3.60B | +16.3% | — | — | — |
Q4 2025 2025-12-31 | $3.35B | +16.2% | — | — | — |
Q3 2025 2025-09-30 | $3.38B | +9.6% | — | — | — |
Q2 2025 2025-06-30 | $3.34B | +12.8% | — | — | — |
Q1 2025 2025-03-31 | $3.10B | +7.8% | — | — | — |
Q4 2024 2024-12-31 | $2.88B | — | — | — | — |
Q3 2024 2024-09-30 | $3.08B | -0.9% | — | — | — |
Q2 2024 2024-06-30 | $2.96B | -3.5% | — | — | — |
Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.
Industry trend
Metal Cans · SIC 3411
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Insider activity
Insider buying
$100.1K
Insider selling
$1.6M
Net activity
−$1.5M
Distinct insiders
4
Open-market trades over the last 365 days.
Recent transactions
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | Fauze Villatoro SVP & President South America | Purchase | 1,551 | $64.51 | $100.1K | |
| 2026-03-02 | Kathleen Pitre SVP & President NCA | Sale | 10,660 | $66.63 | $710.3K |
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.
Who owns BALL
Institutional value
$7.54B
Total shares held
130.2M
Distinct holders
532
As of
2026-03-31
Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.
Top institutional holders
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | QoQ change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 22.9M | $1.35B | — | New |
| 2 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 17.4M | $1.03B | — | New |
| 3 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 11.6M | $684.2M | — | New |
| 4 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 7.3M | $421.1M | — | New |
| 5 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 6.0M | $354.6M | — | New |
| 6 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 5.8M | $340.8M | — | New |
| 7 | Boston Partners | 4.5M | $268.7M | — | New |
| 8 | Invesco Ltd. | 4.3M | $255.9M | — | New |
| 9 | UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 2.5M | $145.2M | — | New |
| 10 | M&G PLC | 2.4M | $142.6M | — | New |
| 11 | Mirova US LLC | 2.4M | $142.3M | — | New |
| 12 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 2.3M | $137.4M | — | New |
| 13 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | 2.2M | $129.0M | — | New |
| 14 | Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 1.8M | $104.4M | — | New |
| 15 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.7M | $99.5M | — | New |
| 16 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 1.5M | $89.0M | — | New |
| 17 | Nuveen, LLC | 1.4M | $83.9M | — | New |
| 18 | Legal & General Group Plc | 1.4M | $81.5M | — | New |
| 19 | AMG National Trust Bank | 1.2M | $69.1M | — | New |
| 20 | BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | 1.1M | $64.6M | — | New |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.
Top questions investors are asking
- 1
Operating cash flow collapsed to just $51M YTD versus working capital drag of $909M—what specifically broke and when does it reverse?
- 2
Long-term debt jumped $1.55B to $6.86B while you spent $1.1B on buybacks; defend this leverage-up against a 4.6% effective interest cost.
- 3
The $78M Q3 'business consolidation' gain flipped from an $85M prior-year charge—what's recurring EPS excluding this $163M swing?
Refreshed when BALL files a new report · last from 2026-02-19