Ball Corp reported a U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to the corporation of $94 million, or 36 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2026, compared to net earnings of $321 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2025. On a comparable basis, diluted earnings per share rose to $1.10 from $1.03 a year earlier, while net sales increased to $4.19 billion from $3.38 billion. For the full year 2026, the company expects comparable diluted earnings per share growth of 10-plus percent and free cash flow of $900 million.
Third quarter 2026 U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to the corporation was $94 million, or 36 cents per diluted share, versus net earnings of $321 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, in 2025.
Comparable diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2026 increased 6.8% to $1.10 compared to $1.03 in 2025.
Net sales for the third quarter of 2026 rose to $4.19 billion from $3.38 billion in the prior-year period.
Ball returned $431 million to shareholders via share repurchases and dividends in the first nine months of 2026.
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From Ball Corporation's 10-Q and 10-K filings (SEC XBRL). YoY compares each quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; it is blank when the year-ago figure is missing or negative.
Annual results
Fiscal year
Revenue
Growth
EPS (diluted)
Growth
Net margin
FY2025
$13.16B
+11.6%
$3.30
-74.6%
6.9%
FY2024
$11.79B
-2.2%
$13.00
+483.0%
34.0%
FY2023
$12.06B
-9.8%
$2.23
-0.9%
5.9%
FY2022
$13.37B
-3.2%
$2.25
-15.1%
5.4%
FY2021
$13.81B
+17.2%
$2.65
+50.6%
6.4%
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For the quarter ended Sep 2026, Ball reported diluted EPS of $-0.36 (-130.5% year over year) on revenue of $4.19B (+23.9%).
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