TTM
15.7%
YoY change
−0.73pp
Trough year (2022)
11.5%
Peak year (1986)
22.6%
Latest annual
14.9%
Gross Margin history chart for Ball (BALL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 14.9%
Gross Margin change chart for Ball (BALL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.73pp
Gross Margin history table for Ball (BALL) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 14.9% | -0.73pp | ||
| 2024 | 15.6% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2023 | 14.3% | +2.80pp | ||
| 2022 | 11.5% | -3.11pp | ||
| 2021 | 14.6% | -1.40pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.0% | +1.48pp | ||
| 2019 | 14.5% | +0.99pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.5% | -0.40pp | ||
| 2017 | 13.9% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.9% | -1.33pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.2% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2014 | 17.1% | +1.20pp | ||
| 2013 | 15.9% | +0.17pp | ||
| 2012 | 15.7% | +1.73pp | ||
| 2011 | 14.0% | -1.00pp | ||
| 2010 | 15.0% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2009 | 15.1% | +2.48pp | ||
| 2008 | 12.7% | -0.66pp | ||
| 2007 | 13.3% | +1.02pp | ||
| 2006 | 12.3% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2005 | 13.2% | -1.81pp | ||
| 2004 | 15.0% | -2.75pp | ||
| 2003 | 17.8% | +1.48pp | ||
| 2002 | 16.3% | +1.53pp | ||
| 2001 | 14.8% | -1.55pp | ||
| 2000 | 16.3% | +0.22pp | ||
| 1999 | 16.1% | +0.79pp | ||
| 1998 | 15.3% | -0.82pp | ||
| 1997 | 16.1% | +3.72pp | ||
| 1996 | 12.4% | -1.68pp | ||
| 1995 | 14.1% | -1.74pp | ||
| 1994 | 15.8% | -0.51pp | ||
| 1993 | 16.3% | -2.13pp | ||
| 1992 | 18.5% | -0.59pp | ||
| 1991 | 19.1% | +0.96pp | ||
| 1990 | 18.1% | +2.22pp | ||
| 1989 | 15.9% | -3.29pp | ||
| 1988 | 19.2% | -3.29pp | ||
| 1987 | 22.5% | -0.16pp | ||
| 1986 | 22.6% | +2.37pp | ||
| 1985 | 20.2% | — |
- 202514.9%-0.73pp
- 202415.6%+1.31pp
- 202314.3%+2.80pp
- 202211.5%-3.11pp
- 202114.6%-1.40pp
- 202016.0%+1.48pp
- 201914.5%+0.99pp
- 201813.5%-0.40pp
- 201713.9%-0.98pp
- 201614.9%-1.33pp
- 201516.2%-0.82pp
- 201417.1%+1.20pp
- 201315.9%+0.17pp
- 201215.7%+1.73pp
- 201114.0%-1.00pp
- 201015.0%-0.18pp
- 200915.1%+2.48pp
- 200812.7%-0.66pp
- 200713.3%+1.02pp
- 200612.3%-0.91pp
- 200513.2%-1.81pp
- 200415.0%-2.75pp
- 200317.8%+1.48pp
- 200216.3%+1.53pp
- 200114.8%-1.55pp
- 200016.3%+0.22pp
- 199916.1%+0.79pp
- 199815.3%-0.82pp
- 199716.1%+3.72pp
- 199612.4%-1.68pp
- 199514.1%-1.74pp
- 199415.8%-0.51pp
- 199316.3%-2.13pp
- 199218.5%-0.59pp
- 199119.1%+0.96pp
- 199018.1%+2.22pp
- 198915.9%-3.29pp
- 198819.2%-3.29pp
- 198722.5%-0.16pp
- 198622.6%+2.37pp
- 198520.2%—
Gross 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 Gross Margin at Ball (BALL)
According to Ball's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 15.7%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Ball (BALL) gross margin is 14.86% – contracted 0.7 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, gross margin reached its high of 22.61% in 1986 and its low of 11.48% in 2022.
Ball Gross Margin by Year
Ball Gross Margin 2025: 14.9%
2025's gross margin for Ball came in at 14.86%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2024.
Ball Gross Margin 2024: 15.6%
Ball posted gross margin of 15.59% in 2024, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2023.
Ball Gross Margin 2023: 14.3%
In 2023, Ball reported gross margin of 14.28%, expanded 2.8 percentage points from 2022.
Ball Gross Margin 2022: 11.5%
Ball gross margin in 2022 was 11.48%, contracted 3.1 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Ball Gross Margin 2021: 14.6%
Ball gross margin in 2021 was 14.59%.
See more financial history for Ball (BALL).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of Ball (BALL), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 100.0% | |
| 57.4% | |
| 56.0% | |
| 50.6% | |
| 39.8% | |
| 33.1% | |
| 31.4% | |
| 19.1% |
- 100.0%
- 57.4%
- 56.0%
- 50.6%
- 39.8%
- 33.1%
- 31.4%
- 19.1%
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