Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. Ball's Pre-Tax Income for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $101 Mil. Ball's Revenue for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,874 Mil. Therefore, Ball's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.51%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ball's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
BALL'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38 Med: 5.6 Max: 7.54
Current: 5.23
BALL's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 50.78% of 384
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 5.39
vs BALL: 5.23
Ball Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ball's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Ball's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Ball's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ball's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ball's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Ball Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Ball's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Ball (NYSE:BALL) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
Ball Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer with market share over 40% in its three main regions (North America, Europe, and South America). The company is focused on increasing capacity amid a wave of new developed-market demand, while also investing in faster-growing emerging-market economies. Ball maintains a small presence in the U.S. defense industry through its aerospace segment. Ball spun-off its glass jar business in 1993 and is now owned by Newell. The company reports four segments—beverage packaging, North and Central America (44% of revenue), beverage packaging, EMEA (25%), beverage packaging, South America (14%), aerospace (14%)—and it generated $15.3 billion in revenue in 2022.
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