Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.12 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 16.85% to 0.12 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.29, a 23.39% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.29, down 23.39% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.12 for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 7.31 in Q2 2021 to a low of 6.77 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.26 and a median of 0.32 in 2024 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: soared 2089.38% in 2021, then tumbled 2232.11% in 2025.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.45 in 2021, then soared by 161.8% to 0.28 in 2022, then increased by 21.0% to 0.33 in 2023, then crashed by 57.56% to 0.14 in 2024, then decreased by 16.85% to 0.12 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.12 (Q4 2025), 0.4 (Q3 2025), and 6.77 (Q2 2025).