Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Change in Inventory over the past 17 years, most recently at -$32.5 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 151.59% to -$32.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$4.4 million through Dec 2025, down 103.94% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$4.4 million for FY2025, 103.94% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$32.5 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from $8.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Inventory peaked at $63.0 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$32.5 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $14.4 million (2021), against an average of $16.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Change in Inventory tumbled 233.33% in 2022 and then surged 631.15% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at $13.2 million in 2021, then tumbled by 233.33% to -$17.6 million in 2022, then soared by 253.41% to $27.0 million in 2023, then surged by 133.33% to $63.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 151.59% to -$32.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Change in Inventory are -$32.5 million (Q4 2025), $8.4 million (Q3 2025), and $4.0 million (Q2 2025).