Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)
Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) posted Ending Cash Balance of $442.8 million for Q2 2026, down 43.8% from $787.9 million a year earlier but up 11.5% from the prior quarter.
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Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Packaging Corp Of America's Ending Cash Balance came in at $529 million, down 22.8% from FY2024.
- Annual Ending Cash Balance shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -11.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Packaging Corp Of America's Ending Cash Balance was $685 million in FY2024 (+5.7%), $648 million in FY2023 (+102.5%), $320 million in FY2022 (-48.3%) and $618.7 million in FY2021 (-36.5%).
- Quarterly Ending Cash Balance has run from a low of $320 million in Q4 2022 to a high of $1.7 billion in Q3 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Ending Cash Balance has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 7.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Ending Cash Balance in the past five years was Q4 2023, with growth of 102.5%; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a decline of 61.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Ending Cash Balance for the three prior quarters was $397.1 million (Q1 2026), $529 million (Q4 2025) and $634 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfit Westrock | 23.05 Bn | 20.09 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 723.00 Mn |
| 2 | Packaging Corp Of America | 22.08 Bn | 19.65 Bn | 603.90 Mn | 534.60 Mn |
| 3 | Amcor | 20.81 Bn | 16.21 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 832.00 Mn |
| 4 | International Paper | 18.29 Bn | 14.37 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 815.00 Mn |
| 5 | Ball | 17.38 Bn | 14.54 Bn | 709.00 Mn | - |
| 6 | Crown Holdings | 13.08 Bn | 10.44 Bn | 724.00 Mn | 762.00 Mn |
| 7 | Sonoco Products | 5.02 Bn | 4.07 Bn | 405.32 Mn | 183.10 Mn |
| 8 | Silgan Holdings | 4.36 Bn | 2.16 Bn | 328.59 Mn | 324.99 Mn |
| 9 | Graphic Packaging Holding | 3.33 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 307.00 Mn | 337.00 Mn |
| 10 | Ardagh Metal Packaging | 2.83 Bn | 1.76 Bn | 197.00 Mn | 213.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 534.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 442.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 397.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 529.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 634.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 787.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 751.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 685.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 676.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 613.60 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 692.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 648.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 573.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 477.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 367.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 320.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 648.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 667.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 628.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 618.70 Mn |
API Access
Packaging Corp Of America Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=PKG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "PKG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=PKG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();