Growth Metrics

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

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 9.0% to 0.13% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.11%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.11%, up 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.13% for Q4 2025 at Packaging Corp Of America, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.24% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.04% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.11% and a median of 0.11% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -16bps in 2023, then rose 15bps in 2024.
  • Packaging Corp Of America's Return on Sales stood at 0.11% in 2021, then surged by 42bps to 0.15% in 2022, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.1% in 2023, then plummeted by -62bps to 0.04% in 2024, then soared by 242bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PKG's Return on Sales are 0.13% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025).