Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) reported Tax Rate of 22.25% for Q1 2026, down 154.0% year-over-year from 41.2% in Q1 2025, and down 8.49% quarter-over-quarter from 24.31% in Q4 2025.

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 22.25% in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 22.25%, down 154.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 24.39% (down 29.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 24.68%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate eased to 22.25% in Q1 2026 per PKG's latest filing, from 24.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 25.66% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 24.31% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 21.33% and a median of 24.44% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Tax Rate plunged 4905 bps in 2023, then surged 4973 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 23.47% in 2022, then decreased by 7 bps to 21.77% in 2023, then rose by 11 bps to 24.18% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 24.31% in 2025, then decreased by 8 bps to 22.25% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PKG's Tax Rate at 22.25% in Q1 2026, 24.31% in Q4 2025, and 25.66% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Smurfit Westrock 21.17 Bn 20.52 Bn 1.27 Bn 25.00%
2 Packaging Corp Of America 19.43 Bn 18.89 Bn 452.90 Mn 22.25%
3 Amcor 17.53 Bn 15.95 Bn 1.19 Bn 10.32%
4 International Paper 17.36 Bn 16.06 Bn 1.73 Bn 18.28%
5 Ball 13.98 Bn 13.10 Bn 646.00 Mn 24.03%
6 Avery Dennison 11.76 Bn 11.50 Bn 664.80 Mn 30.07%
7 Crown Holdings 10.32 Bn 10.23 Bn 644.00 Mn 25.45%
8 Reynolds Consumer Products 4.74 Bn 4.67 Bn 207.00 Mn 23.38%
9 Sonoco Products 4.73 Bn 4.53 Bn 345.63 Mn 12.44%
10 Silgan Holdings 3.87 Bn 3.44 Bn 265.78 Mn 26.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.25%
Mar 31, 2026 22.25%
Dec 31, 2025 24.31%
Dec 31, 2025 24.31%
Sep 30, 2025 25.66%
Sep 30, 2025 25.66%
Jun 30, 2025 24.67%
Jun 30, 2025 24.67%
Mar 31, 2025 23.78%
Mar 31, 2025 23.78%
Dec 31, 2024 24.18%
Dec 31, 2024 24.18%
Sep 30, 2024 25.27%
Sep 30, 2024 25.27%
Jun 30, 2024 25.42%
Jun 30, 2024 25.42%
Mar 31, 2024 21.65%
Mar 31, 2024 21.65%
Dec 31, 2023 21.77%
Dec 31, 2023 21.77%