Materials · Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers
Ball: revenue, profit and dividends
In fiscal 2025, Ball had revenue of $13.2B, up 5.1% a year on average since 2015, and net income of $912M (6.9% of revenue). It paid a dividend of $0.80 a share.
Revenue, fiscal 2025
average annual revenue growth since 2015 · +11.6% vs 2024
- Ticker
- BALL · NYSE
- Sector
- Materials
- Sub-industry
- Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers
- Headquarters
- Broomfield, Colorado
- Founded
- 1880
- In the S&P 500 since
- October 31, 1984
- Latest fiscal year
- 2025, ended December 31, 2025
- SEC filer
- BALL Corp · CIK 0000009389
Revenue and net income
Revenue went from $6.83B in 2008 to $13.2B in 2025.
Diluted earnings per share
Diluted EPS went from $0.82 in 2008 to $3.30 in 2025. Ten-year growth: 12.7% a year.
Dividends per share
Not raised in 2025. Ten-year growth: 11.9% a year.
Shares outstanding
2.1% fewer shares in 2025 than in 2015 (282M → 276M): buybacks outweighed new shares.
Operating cash flow, capex and free cash flow
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) was $788M in 2025, 6.0% of revenue. Negative in 2016, 2022, 2024.
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Year by year
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Net margin | Diluted EPS | Dividend | Shares | Operating cash flow | Capex | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.2B | $912M | 6.9% | $3.30 | $0.80 | 276M | $1.26B | $474M | $788M |
| 2024 | $11.8B | $4.01B | 34.0% | $13.00 | $0.80 | 308M | $115M | $484M | −$369M |
| 2023 | $12.1B | $707M | 5.9% | $2.23 | $0.80 | 317M | $1.86B | $1.04B | $818M |
| 2022 | $13.4B | $719M | 5.4% | $2.25 | $0.80 | 320M | $301M | $1.65B | −$1.35B |
| 2021 | $13.8B | $878M | 6.4% | $2.65 | $0.70 | 332M | $1.76B | $1.73B | $34M |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $585M | 5.0% | $1.76 | $0.60 | 333M | $1.43B | $1.11B | $319M |
| 2019 | $11.5B | $566M | 4.9% | $1.66 | $0.55 | 340M | $1.55B | $598M | $950M |
| 2018 | $11.6B | $454M | 3.9% | $1.29 | $0.40 | 352M | $1.57B | $816M | $750M |
| 2017 | $11B | $374M | 3.4% | $1.05 | $0.36 | 357M | $1.48B | $556M | $922M |
| 2016 | $9.06B | $263M | 2.9% | $0.81 | $0.26 | 323M | $193M | $606M | −$413M |
| 2015 | $8.0B | $281M | 3.5% | $1.00 | $0.26 | 282M | $1.01B | $528M | $479M |
| 2014 | $8.57B | $470M | 5.5% | $1.65 | $0.26 | 285M | $1.01B | $391M | $621M |
| 2013 | $8.47B | $407M | 4.8% | $1.36 | $0.26 | 298M | $839M | $378M | $461M |
| 2012 | $8.74B | $396M | 4.5% | $1.25 | $0.20 | 316M | $853M | $305M | $548M |
| 2011 | $8.63B | $444M | 5.1% | $1.31 | $0.14 | 337M | $948M | $444M | $505M |
| 2010 | $7.63B | $468M | 6.1% | $1.27 | $0.10 | 367M | $515M | $250M | $265M |
| 2009 | $6.71B | $388M | 5.8% | $1.02 | $0.10 | 380M | $560M | $158M | $402M |
| 2008 | $6.83B | $320M | 4.7% | $0.82 | $0.10 | — | $628M | $285M | $343M |
Fiscal years, labelled by the year in which they end. US dollars; per-share figures and share counts adjusted for splits. —: not in the data.
Stock splits
Found in the filings; per-share figures and share counts on this page are on today’s share basis.
- 2-for-1 split · first reflected in a filing of August 9, 2017
- 2-for-1 split · first reflected in a filing of February 28, 2011
About these figures
- Older years are as filed at the time and may predate later restatements, mergers or spin-offs. How the figures are made.
Other Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers companies
No other S&P 500 company is in this sub-industry.
Source: SEC EDGAR (company filings), data as of November 8, 2026. Sectors, sub-industries, headquarters and index dates: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.