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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 19.13% in Q1 2026.

• Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 19.13%, down 211.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.48% (down 137.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 21.02%, down 25.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin grew to 19.13% in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 18.93% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 26.32% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 18.71% in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 21.98% and a median of 21.83% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin soared 262 bps in 2022, then sank 354 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 22.76% in 2022, then slipped by 7 bps to 21.16% in 2023, then increased by 3 bps to 21.89% in 2024, then decreased by 13 bps to 18.93% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 19.13% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows PKG's Gross Margin at 19.13% in Q1 2026, 18.93% in Q4 2025, and 21.8% in Q3 2025.