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BALL price to free cash flow BALL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
20.7×
10-year median
35.8×
Against its 10-year history
26th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
11.0× to 129×
Peer median
17.5×

BALL's price to free cash flow is 20.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 35.8×, lower than on 74% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.0× in Jun 2018 to 129× in Feb 2026.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 17.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far20.7×18.0×129×
2025101×34.0×101×
202426.5×24.3×45.2×
202341.9×35.5×42.5×
202291.0×87.0×92.2×
202194.8×65.0×96.6×
202080.0×18.8×103×
201937.1×15.6×39.2×
201815.3×11.0×18.3×
201717.4×17.4×18.4×
201651.7×19.2×55.4×
201521.5×12.1×21.5×
201413.2×10.9×17.2×
201314.7×12.0×20.0×
201212.0×11.7×46.0×
201140.9×14.8×41.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest BALL's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
BALLBALL20.7×
MASMasco13.3×
SWKStanley Black & Decker11.6×
ATIATI40.6×
CCKCrown10.6×
MLIMueller Industries18.0×
VMIValmont Industries26.1×
SSDSimpson Manufacturing16.1×
ACAArcosa54.2×
MTRNMATERION91.7×
GFFGriffon17.1×
Peer median17.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.