Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported EBIT Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 30.58% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin fell 4466.0% to 30.58% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.4% through Dec 2025, down 1074.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.4% for FY2025, 1074.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 30.58% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 14.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 18.58% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 42.77% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 13.86% (2023), against an average of 7.16%.
  • Year-over-year, EBIT Margin soared 5626bps in 2023 and then tumbled -4466bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 31.95% in 2021, then tumbled by -34bps to 42.77% in 2022, then surged by 132bps to 13.49% in 2023, then grew by 4bps to 14.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -317bps to 30.58% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's EBIT Margin are 30.58% (Q4 2025), 14.03% (Q3 2025), and 15.37% (Q2 2025).