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Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 18.93% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 295.0% to 18.93% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 21.02% through Dec 2025, down 25.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 21.02% for FY2025, 25.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 18.93% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 21.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 26.32% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 18.71% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 22.29% (2025), against an average of 22.56%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin skyrocketed 551bps in 2021 and then plummeted -354bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 24.96% in 2021, then fell by -9bps to 22.76% in 2022, then fell by -7bps to 21.16% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 21.89% in 2024, then decreased by -13bps to 18.93% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Gross Margin are 18.93% (Q4 2025), 21.8% (Q3 2025), and 22.24% (Q2 2025).