Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Deferred Taxes over the past 17 years, most recently at -$12.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes fell 187.68% to -$12.1 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $97.3 million through Dec 2025, up 2416.67% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $97.3 million for FY2025, 2416.67% up from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$12.1 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from $106.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $106.6 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$14.3 million in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is $8.6 million (2024), against an average of $12.1 million.
  • Year-over-year, Deferred Taxes surged 1342.11% in 2021 and then plummeted 426.09% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $17.7 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 118.64% to $38.7 million in 2022, then crashed by 70.8% to $11.3 million in 2023, then increased by 22.12% to $13.8 million in 2024, then crashed by 187.68% to -$12.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Deferred Taxes are -$12.1 million (Q4 2025), $106.6 million (Q3 2025), and -$6.0 million (Q2 2025).