Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported EBIT Margin of 10.61% for Q1 2026, down 248.0% year-over-year from 7.17% in Q1 2025, and up 48.87% quarter-over-quarter from 7.13% in Q4 2025.

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 10.61% in Q1 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 10.61%, down 248.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.7% (up 809.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.31%, up 965.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin climbed to 10.61% in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 7.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 18.58% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 26.82% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 11.38% and a median of 13.7% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBIT Margin soared 4651 bps in 2022, then tumbled 4031 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 14.56% in 2022, then dropped by 7 bps to 13.49% in 2023, then slumped by 299 bps to 26.82% in 2024, then soared by 127 bps to 7.13% in 2025, then jumped by 49 bps to 10.61% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's EBIT Margin at 10.61% in Q1 2026, 7.13% in Q4 2025, and 14.03% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.28%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 10.61%
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 13.13%
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn 7.80%
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn 10.07%
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 12.60%
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn 11.20%
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn 7.58%
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 11.17%
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn 8.11%

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.61%
Dec 31, 2025 7.13%
Sep 30, 2025 14.03%
Jun 30, 2025 15.37%
Mar 31, 2025 13.09%
Dec 31, 2024 -26.82%
Sep 30, 2024 14.99%
Jun 30, 2024 13.30%
Mar 31, 2024 9.90%
Dec 31, 2023 13.49%
Sep 30, 2023 13.36%
Jun 30, 2023 14.57%
Mar 31, 2023 13.70%
Dec 31, 2022 14.56%
Sep 30, 2022 16.95%
Jun 30, 2022 18.58%
Mar 31, 2022 16.69%
Dec 31, 2021 -31.95%
Sep 30, 2021 17.64%
Jun 30, 2021 15.67%