Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 4.26% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 715.0% to 4.26% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.63% through Dec 2025, down 130.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.63% for FY2025, 130.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 4.26% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 9.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 13.61% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 4.26% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 10.73% (2023), against an average of 10.45%.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin skyrocketed 724bps in 2021 and then plummeted -715bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 13.61% in 2021, then tumbled by -32bps to 9.25% in 2022, then increased by 20bps to 11.09% in 2023, then grew by 3bps to 11.4% in 2024, then tumbled 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), 9.85% (Q3 2025), and 11.16% (Q2 2025).