Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Change in Cash (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Change in Cash over the past 17 years, most recently at -$105.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Cash fell 1350.0% to -$105.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$156.0 million through Dec 2025, down 521.62% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$156.0 million for FY2025, 521.62% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash was -$105.0 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from -$153.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Cash peaked at $730.7 million in Q3 2021 and troughed at -$1.1 billion in Q4 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $23.0 million (2022), against an average of -$22.3 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Change in Cash was 662.73% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 4351.76% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at -$1.1 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 69.68% to -$328.7 million in 2022, then surged by 122.76% to $74.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 88.77% to $8.4 million in 2024, then crashed by 1350.0% to -$105.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Change in Cash are -$105.0 million (Q4 2025), -$153.9 million (Q3 2025), and $36.2 million (Q2 2025).