Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 4.26% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin fell 715.0% to 4.26% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.63%, a 130.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.63%, down 130.0% from a year prior.
  • EBITDA Margin was 4.26% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 9.86% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 13.62% in Q4 2021 to a low of 4.26% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 10.45% and a median of 10.73% in 2023 define the central range for EBITDA Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 724bps in 2021, then plummeted -715bps in 2025.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's EBITDA Margin stood at 13.62% in 2021, then tumbled by -32bps to 9.25% in 2022, then rose by 20bps to 11.09% in 2023, then grew by 3bps to 11.4% in 2024, then plummeted by -63bps to 4.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's EBITDA Margin are 4.26% (Q4 2025), 9.86% (Q3 2025), and 11.16% (Q2 2025).