Growth Metrics

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America has reported Retained Earnings over the past 17 years, most recently at -$41.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 4.15% to -$41.6 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$41.6 million through Dec 2025, up 4.15% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$41.6 million for FY2025, 4.15% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$41.6 million for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from -$40.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $4.0 billion in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$142.1 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$70.4 million (2023), against an average of $636.1 million.
  • Year-over-year, Retained Earnings tumbled 105.13% in 2021 and then skyrocketed 3691.08% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $3.1 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 103.3% to -$102.4 million in 2022, then soared by 30.76% to -$70.9 million in 2023, then surged by 38.79% to -$43.4 million in 2024, then grew by 4.15% to -$41.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Retained Earnings are -$41.6 million (Q4 2025), -$40.4 million (Q3 2025), and $4.0 billion (Q2 2025).