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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 13.83% for Q1 2026, down 194.0% YoY from 14.71% in Q1 2025, and down 65.75% sequentially from 40.37% in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 13.83% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 194.0% year-over-year to 13.83%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.76% (up 105.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 17.3%, up 311.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 13.83% in Q1 2026, from 40.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for PKG reached as high as 40.37% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 3.4% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 13.83% (2026), against an average of 13.97%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Margin surged 2748 bps — and 2025, when it sank 3119 bps.
  • 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 sank by 66 bps to 13.83% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 13.83%, 40.37%, and 1.55% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Ball 88.75 Bn 87.87 Bn 646.00 Mn -26.03%
2 International Paper 24.05 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.73 Bn 1.57%
3 Avery Dennison 12.53 Bn 12.27 Bn 664.80 Mn 4.71%
4 Crown Holdings 12.47 Bn 12.38 Bn 644.00 Mn -4.33%
5 Reynolds Consumer Products 5.71 Bn 5.64 Bn 207.00 Mn 3.08%
6 Sonoco Products 5.57 Bn 5.37 Bn 345.63 Mn -25.65%
7 Silgan Holdings 4.87 Bn 4.43 Bn 265.78 Mn -56.49%
8 Graphic Packaging Holding 3.15 Bn 2.96 Bn 306.00 Mn -11.73%
9 Ardagh Metal Packaging 2.81 Bn 2.81 Bn 179.00 -19,082,446.81%
10 Packaging Corp Of America 214.04 Mn -329.66 Mn 452.90 Mn 13.83%

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%