Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 17 consecutive years, with -$32.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory fell 151.59% to -$32.5 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$4.4 million, a 103.94% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$4.4 million, down 103.94% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory was -$32.5 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from $8.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $63.0 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$32.5 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $16.2 million and a median of $14.4 million in 2021 define the central range for Change in Inventory.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: tumbled 233.33% in 2022, then surged 631.15% in 2024.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Change in Inventory stood at $13.2 million in 2021, then crashed by 233.33% to -$17.6 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 253.41% to $27.0 million in 2023, then soared by 133.33% to $63.0 million in 2024, then crashed 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).