Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 40.37% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 5632.0% to 40.37% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 17.3% through Dec 2025, up 1108.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 17.3% for FY2025, 1108.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 40.37% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from 1.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 40.37% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 20.13% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 12.51% (2023), against an average of 11.11%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin crashed -3925bps in 2022 and then surged 5632bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 19.12% in 2021, then crashed by -205bps to 20.13% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 150bps to 10.02% in 2023, then crashed by -259bps to 15.95% in 2024, then surged by 353bps to 40.37% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's FCF Margin are 40.37% (Q4 2025), 1.55% (Q3 2025), and 13.78% (Q2 2025).