Ball Cash Flow Statement
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Ball free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Ball generated $1.26 billion of operating cash flow and spent $474.0 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $788.0 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 6.0% of revenue. Ball returned $1.54 billion to shareholders: $220.0 million in dividends and $1.32 billion in share repurchases, equal to 196% of free cash flow.
Free cash flow covered dividend payments 3.6 times.
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Ball cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-31 | FY 20242024-12-31 | FY 20232023-12-31 | FY 20222022-12-31 | FY 20212021-12-31 | FY 20202020-12-31 | FY 20192019-12-31 | FY 20182018-12-31 | FY 20172017-12-31 | FY 20162016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 915.00M | 4.01B | 711.00M | 732.00M | 878.00M | 582.00M | 536.00M | 453.00M | 380.00M | 266.00M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | -77.20% | +464.56% | -2.87% | -16.63% | +50.86% | +8.58% | +18.32% | +19.21% | +42.86% | -12.21% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 622.00M | 611.00M | 605.00M | 594.00M | 700.00M | 668.00M | 678.00M | 702.00M | 729.00M | 453.00M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 28.00M | 63.00M | 33.00M | 39.00M | 40.00M | 43.00M | 37.00M | 75.00M | 46.00M | 35.00M |
| Change in Working Capital | -40.00M | -441.00M | 354.00M | -846.00M | -15.00M | -133.00M | 76.00M | 327.00M | 384.00M | -78.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 1.26B | 115.00M | 1.86B | 301.00M | 1.76B | 1.43B | 1.55B | 1.57B | 1.48B | 193.00M |
| Capital Expenditures | -474.00M | -484.00M | -1.04B | -1.65B | -1.73B | -1.11B | -598.00M | -816.00M | -556.00M | -606.00M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -656.00M | 5.00B | -1.05B | -786.00M | -1.64B | -1.18B | -422.00M | -206.00M | -545.00M | -1.28B |
| Dividends Paid | -220.00M | -244.00M | -252.00M | -254.00M | -229.00M | -198.00M | -182.00M | -137.00M | -129.00M | -83.00M |
| Share Repurchases | -1.32B | -1.71B | -3.00M | -618.00M | -766.00M | -57.00M | -964.00M | -739.00M | -103.00M | -107.00M |
| Debt Issued | 6.68B | 650.00M | 2.05B | 4.85B | 850.00M | 2.55B | 2.82B | 1.48B | 765.00M | 4.37B |
| Debt Repaid | -5.30B | -3.48B | -2.28B | -3.88B | -750.00M | -2.79B | -1.52B | -1.53B | -1.81B | -4.62B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -344.00M | -4.79B | -662.00M | 485.00M | -894.00M | -602.00M | -46.00M | -1.04B | -1.07B | -387.00M |
| Net Change in Cash | 290.00M | 221.00M | 152.00M | -21.00M | -802.00M | -425.00M | 1.08B | 269.00M | -148.00M | -1.78B |
| Free Cash Flow | 788.00M | -369.00M | 818.00M | -1.35B | 34.00M | 319.00M | 950.00M | 750.00M | 922.00M | -413.00M |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Ball's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow BALL's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?