Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Operating Expenses over the past 17 years, most recently at $165.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 706.34% to $165.3 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $485.8 million through Dec 2025, up 581.35% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $634.2 million for FY2025, 786.99% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $165.3 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from $154.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $165.3 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $5.8 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $15.2 million (2022), against an average of $35.8 million.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Expenses plummeted 65.06% in 2023 and then skyrocketed 1155.74% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $13.1 million in 2021, then grew by 26.72% to $16.6 million in 2022, then plummeted by 65.06% to $5.8 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 253.45% to $20.5 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 706.34% to $165.3 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Operating Expenses are $165.3 million (Q4 2025), $154.3 million (Q3 2025), and $153.2 million (Q2 2025).