Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.34 for Q1 2026, up 2.72% year-over-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and up 189.86% quarter-over-quarter from 0.12 in Q4 2025.

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.34 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.34, up 2.72% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.29 (down 13.05% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.29, down 23.39% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.34 in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 3.37 in Q2 2024 and troughed at 3.14 in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.25 and a median of 0.34 in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 1309.2% in 2024, then plunged 1908.59% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.67 in 2022, then slumped by 50.13% to 0.33 in 2023, then rose by 3.29% to 0.35 in 2024, then tumbled by 65.83% to 0.12 in 2025, then jumped by 189.86% to 0.34 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.34 in Q1 2026, 0.12 in Q4 2025, and 3.14 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.64 Bn 20.99 Bn 1.27 Bn -0.56
2 Packaging Corp Of America 20.07 Bn 19.53 Bn 452.90 Mn 0.34
3 International Paper 18.03 Bn 16.73 Bn 1.73 Bn 2.61
4 Amcor 17.99 Bn 16.41 Bn 1.19 Bn -7.14
5 Ball 14.38 Bn 13.50 Bn 646.00 Mn -0.06
6 Avery Dennison 12.23 Bn 11.97 Bn 664.80 Mn 0.67
7 Crown Holdings 10.71 Bn 10.62 Bn 644.00 Mn -0.40
8 Sonoco Products 4.95 Bn 4.75 Bn 345.63 Mn -0.12
9 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.85 Bn 4.78 Bn 207.00 Mn 1.78
10 Silgan Holdings 4.09 Bn 3.66 Bn 265.78 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.34
Dec 31, 2025 0.12
Sep 30, 2025 -3.14
Jun 30, 2025 0.38
Mar 31, 2025 0.33
Dec 31, 2024 0.35
Sep 30, 2024 0.17
Jun 30, 2024 3.37
Mar 31, 2024 0.61
Dec 31, 2023 0.33
Jun 30, 2023 0.24
Mar 31, 2023 0.67
Dec 31, 2022 0.67
Sep 30, 2022 0.47
Jun 30, 2022 -1.23
Mar 31, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 0.71
Jun 30, 2021 0.98
Mar 31, 2021 0.89