Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed EBT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 5.69% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 790.0% to 5.69% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 11.43%, a 126.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 11.43%, down 126.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 5.69% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 13.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 17.91% in Q2 2022 to a low of 5.69% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 13.5% and a median of 13.65% in 2023 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: skyrocketed 867bps in 2021, then tumbled -790bps in 2025.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's EBT Margin stood at 13.72% in 2021, then increased by 2bps to 13.98% in 2022, then decreased by -8bps to 12.82% in 2023, then rose by 6bps to 13.59% in 2024, then crashed by -58bps to 5.69% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's EBT Margin are 5.69% (Q4 2025), 13.2% (Q3 2025), and 14.77% (Q2 2025).