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

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 4.31% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 813.0% to 4.31% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.61% through Dec 2025, down 154.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.61% for FY2025, 154.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 4.31% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 9.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 17.05% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 4.31% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.8% (2022), against an average of 10.79%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin surged 735bps in 2021 and then plummeted -813bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 13.5% in 2021, then fell by -21bps to 10.7% in 2022, then dropped by -9bps to 9.76% in 2023, then grew by 27bps to 12.44% in 2024, then plummeted by -65bps to 4.31% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Net Margin are 4.31% (Q4 2025), 9.81% (Q3 2025), and 11.12% (Q2 2025).