TTM
4.4%
YoY change
+9.12pp
Trough year (1998)
-17.9%
Peak year (2017)
8.4%
Latest annual
6.0%
FCF Margin history chart for Ball (BALL) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 6.0%
FCF Margin change chart for Ball (BALL) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: +9.12pp
FCF Margin history table for Ball (BALL) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 6.0% | +9.12pp | ||
| 2024 | -3.1% | -9.93pp | ||
| 2023 | 6.8% | +15.75pp | ||
| 2022 | -8.9% | -9.19pp | ||
| 2021 | 0.2% | -2.47pp | ||
| 2020 | 2.7% | -5.58pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.3% | +1.85pp | ||
| 2018 | 6.4% | -1.94pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.4% | +12.93pp | ||
| 2016 | -4.5% | -10.54pp | ||
| 2015 | 6.0% | -1.24pp | ||
| 2014 | 7.2% | +1.81pp | ||
| 2013 | 5.4% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2012 | 6.2% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2011 | 5.9% | +2.42pp | ||
| 2010 | 3.5% | -1.60pp | ||
| 2009 | 5.1% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2008 | 4.2% | -0.63pp | ||
| 2007 | 4.9% | +3.04pp | ||
| 2006 | 1.8% | -2.80pp | ||
| 2005 | 4.6% | -1.60pp | ||
| 2004 | 6.2% | +1.69pp | ||
| 2003 | 4.6% | -3.06pp | ||
| 2002 | 7.6% | +0.77pp | ||
| 2001 | 6.8% | +4.72pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.1% | -3.24pp | ||
| 1999 | 5.4% | +23.24pp | ||
| 1998 | -17.9% | -19.79pp | ||
| 1997 | 1.9% | +7.04pp | ||
| 1996 | -5.1% | +2.62pp | ||
| 1995 | -7.7% | -13.37pp | ||
| 1994 | 5.6% | +3.81pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.8% | +1.51pp | ||
| 1992 | 0.3% | -2.71pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.0% | -2.05pp | ||
| 1990 | 5.1% | +5.66pp | ||
| 1989 | -0.6% | — |
- 20256.0%+9.12pp
- 2024-3.1%-9.93pp
- 20236.8%+15.75pp
- 2022-8.9%-9.19pp
- 20210.2%-2.47pp
- 20202.7%-5.58pp
- 20198.3%+1.85pp
- 20186.4%-1.94pp
- 20178.4%+12.93pp
- 2016-4.5%-10.54pp
- 20156.0%-1.24pp
- 20147.2%+1.81pp
- 20135.4%-0.82pp
- 20126.2%+0.35pp
- 20115.9%+2.42pp
- 20103.5%-1.60pp
- 20095.1%+0.83pp
- 20084.2%-0.63pp
- 20074.9%+3.04pp
- 20061.8%-2.80pp
- 20054.6%-1.60pp
- 20046.2%+1.69pp
- 20034.6%-3.06pp
- 20027.6%+0.77pp
- 20016.8%+4.72pp
- 20002.1%-3.24pp
- 19995.4%+23.24pp
- 1998-17.9%-19.79pp
- 19971.9%+7.04pp
- 1996-5.1%+2.62pp
- 1995-7.7%-13.37pp
- 19945.6%+3.81pp
- 19931.8%+1.51pp
- 19920.3%-2.71pp
- 19913.0%-2.05pp
- 19905.1%+5.66pp
- 1989-0.6%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Ball's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Ball (BALL)
According to Ball's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 4.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual free cash flow margin for Ball (BALL) came in at 5.99% – expanded 9.1 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 8.39%, reached in 2017; the historical low of -17.88% was recorded in 1998.
Ball FCF Margin by Year
Ball FCF Margin 2025: 6.0%
Ball posted free cash flow margin of 5.99% in 2025, expanded 9.1 percentage points from 2024.
Ball FCF Margin 2024: -3.1%
In 2024, Ball reported free cash flow margin of -3.13%, contracted 9.9 percentage points from 2023.
Ball FCF Margin 2023: 6.8%
Ball free cash flow margin in 2023 was 6.81%, expanded 15.8 percentage points from 2022.
Ball FCF Margin 2022: -8.9%
2022's free cash flow margin for Ball came in at -8.95%, contracted 9.2 percentage points from 2021.
Ball FCF Margin 2021: 0.2%
Ball free cash flow margin in 2021 was 0.24%.
See more financial history for Ball (BALL).
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