Growth Metrics

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

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

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.02%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.03%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.29% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.05% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: increased 25bps in 2022, then decreased -29bps in 2023.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.18% in 2021, then plummeted by -74bps to 0.05% in 2022, then surged by 166bps to 0.12% in 2023, then tumbled by -80bps to 0.02% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Return on Invested Capital are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).