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Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $954.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 20.48% to $954.1 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.6 billion, a 30.76% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.6 billion, up 30.76% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $954.1 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from $280.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $954.1 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$212.6 million in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $301.7 million and a median of $307.6 million in 2023 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: plummeted 141.03% in 2021, then soared 3973.85% in 2022.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Free Cash Flow stood at -$212.6 million in 2021, then surged by 297.41% to $419.7 million in 2022, then fell by 20.13% to $335.2 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 136.25% to $791.9 million in 2024, then grew by 20.48% 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), $280.1 million (Q3 2025), and -$16.6 million (Q2 2025).