Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed Net Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 12.95% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin rose 916.0% to 12.95% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 10.89%, a 133.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 10.89%, up 133.0% from a year prior.
  • Net Margin was 12.95% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from 9.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 23.53% in Q2 2023 to a low of 3.79% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 10.86% and a median of 10.97% in 2021 define the central range for Net Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Net Margin: crashed -1614bps in 2023, then soared 1470bps in 2024.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Net Margin stood at 10.6% in 2021, then surged by 42bps to 15.04% in 2022, then tumbled by -33bps to 10.03% in 2023, then plummeted by -62bps to 3.79% in 2024, then soared by 242bps to 12.95% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Net Margin are 12.95% (Q4 2025), 9.81% (Q3 2025), and 11.12% (Q2 2025).