Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 40.37% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 347.0% to 40.37% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 17.3%, a 311.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 17.3%, up 311.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin was 40.37% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from 12.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 40.37% in Q4 2025 to a low of 10.41% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 14.39% and a median of 13.94% in 2025 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: tumbled -4064bps in 2021, then surged 3162bps in 2022.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's FCF Margin stood at 10.41% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 304bps to 21.21% in 2022, then dropped by -18bps to 17.3% in 2023, then surged by 113bps to 36.9% in 2024, then increased by 9bps to 40.37% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's FCF Margin are 40.37% (Q4 2025), 12.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.76% (Q2 2025).