Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.12% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.12%, up 722.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.12% (up 722.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.63%, up 975.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed eased to 11.12% in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 11.25% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 42.05% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 2.87% in Q4 2024.
• A 5-year average of 13.28% and a median of 11.25% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 3705 bps in 2023, then tumbled 2847 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 19.46% in 2022, then fell by 23 bps to 15.01% in 2023, then tumbled by 81 bps to 2.87% in 2024, then jumped by 292 bps to 11.25% in 2025, then slipped by 1 bps to 11.12% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows PKG's Return on Capital Employed at 11.12% in Q1 2026, 11.25% in Q4 2025, and 4.08% in Q3 2025.