Ball Financial Ratios
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Ball ratio analysis
Ball earned a net margin of 7.0% in FY 2025, down from 34.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 19.6% compared with a median of 16.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 16.9%, meaning Ball generated 0.17 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.29 versus 0.97 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.11. At the end of FY 2025, BALL traded at 16.2 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.2 to 52.9, with a median of 35.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Ball financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.17 | 4.16 | 25.79 | 22.73 | 36.33 | 52.94 | 39.02 | 35.34 | 36.05 | 46.34 |
| Price / sales | 1.11 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 1.21 | 2.27 | 2.58 | 1.87 | 1.35 | 1.21 | 1.31 |
| Price / book | 2.70 | 2.82 | 4.80 | 4.68 | 8.65 | 9.28 | 7.27 | 4.55 | 3.36 | 3.46 |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 20.7% | 19.1% | 16.8% | 19.7% | 20.9% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 16.0% | 15.7% |
| Operating margin | — | — | 10.6% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 5.1% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 34.0% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 2.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.0% | -3.1% | 6.8% | -10.1% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 8.3% | 6.4% | 8.4% | -4.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.9% | 68.5% | 18.9% | 21.1% | 24.2% | 17.8% | 18.2% | 13.1% | 9.6% | 7.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.7% | 22.8% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.29 | 0.97 | 2.27 | 2.59 | 2.13 | 2.38 | 2.65 | 1.95 | 1.77 | 2.19 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.00 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.88 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.23 |
| Revenue growth | 11.6% | -2.2% | -9.8% | -3.2% | 17.2% | 2.7% | -1.4% | 5.9% | 21.2% | 13.3% |
| EPS growth | -74.6% | 483.0% | -0.9% | -15.1% | 50.6% | 6.0% | 28.7% | 22.9% | 29.6% | -19.0% |