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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported FCF Margin of 13.83% for Q1 2026, down 194.0% year-over-year from 14.71% in Q1 2025, and down 65.75% quarter-over-quarter from 40.37% in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 13.83% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 13.83%, down 194.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.76% (up 105.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.3%, up 311.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin slipped to 13.83% in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 40.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 40.37% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 3.4% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 13.97% and a median of 13.83% in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Margin surged 2748 bps in 2023, then tumbled 3119 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 8.74% in 2022, then surged by 98 bps to 17.3% in 2023, then fell by 12 bps to 15.16% in 2024, then jumped by 166 bps to 40.37% in 2025, then tumbled by 66 bps to 13.83% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's FCF Margin at 13.83% in Q1 2026, 40.37% in Q4 2025, and 1.55% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn -5.45%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 13.83%
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 1.57%
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn -0.71%
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn -26.03%
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 4.71%
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -4.33%
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -25.65%
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 3.08%
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn -56.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.83%
Dec 31, 2025 40.37%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.55%
Jun 30, 2025 13.78%
Mar 31, 2025 15.76%
Dec 31, 2024 15.16%
Sep 30, 2024 29.64%
Jun 30, 2024 1.60%
Mar 31, 2024 9.28%
Dec 31, 2023 17.30%
Sep 30, 2023 17.52%
Jun 30, 2023 24.08%
Mar 31, 2023 8.50%
Dec 31, 2022 8.74%
Sep 30, 2022 11.81%
Jun 30, 2022 -3.40%
Mar 31, 2022 15.11%
Dec 31, 2021 36.96%
Sep 30, 2021 6.69%
Jun 30, 2021 5.15%