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Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $954.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 378.65% to $954.1 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.6 billion through Dec 2025, up 198.2% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.6 billion for FY2025, 198.2% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $954.1 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from -$35.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $954.1 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$398.3 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $238.8 million (2021), against an average of $234.3 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow crashed 276.31% in 2024 and then skyrocketed 812.62% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $390.7 million in 2021, then plummeted by 201.95% to -$398.3 million in 2022, then surged by 148.76% to $194.2 million in 2023, then crashed by 276.31% to -$342.4 million in 2024, then surged by 378.65% to $954.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Free Cash Flow are $954.1 million (Q4 2025), -$35.8 million (Q3 2025), and $299.3 million (Q2 2025).