Quick Ratio

Ball Corporation’s current quick ratio of 0.43x means the company has only $0.43 in very liquid assets—cash, marketable securities, and receivables—for every $1 of short-term liabilities due within a year.

That level is well below the sector median of 0.70x, placing Ball in the 34th percentile among its Consumer Cyclical peers, indicating weaker short-term liquidity than most comparable firms. Trend data is not available: the year-over-year change, quarter-over-quarter change, and the direction over the last eight quarters are all marked as N/A, with only the single current value provided. Because the quick ratio is low relative to the sector but no trend information exists to show whether it is improving or worsening, investors face an ambiguous risk—current liquidity is stretched, but there is no basis to judge if this is a temporary or persistent condition. This metric does not contradict the overall NEUTRAL verdict; the low liquidity level is a cautionary signal, but the absence of trend data prevents taking a stronger bearish stance, keeping the assessment balanced.

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