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Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.02%, a 1.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.02%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.0% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.09% and a median of 0.06% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 17bps in 2022, then decreased -21bps in 2023.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.17% in 2021, then plummeted by -77bps to 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 282bps to 0.15% in 2023, then crashed by -81bps to 0.03% in 2024, then fell by -24bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).