Key facts
- 52-week range (closes)
- $191.68 – $257.43 Lowest close Nov 20, 2025, highest Aug 11, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 13, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
- Fiscal year ends
- December Fiscal 2025 ended Dec 31, 2025, from SEC filings
- In the S&P 500 since
- Jul 26, 2017, replacing Transocean (RIG), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Mallinckrodt (MNK) and Reynolds American (RAI) · Market capitalization changes. · British American Tobacco (NYSE MKT:BTI) acquired Reynolds American. · All S&P 500 changes
Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) is trading up at $238.92 (+1.07%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Materials sector.
Packaging Corporation of America revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)
| FY2016Dec 2016 | FY2017Dec 2017 | FY2018Dec 2018 | FY2019Dec 2019 | FY2020Dec 2020 | FY2021Dec 2021 | FY2022Dec 2022 | FY2023Dec 2023 | FY2024Dec 2024 | FY2025Dec 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $5.78B | $6.44B | $7.01B | $6.96B | $6.66B | $7.73B | $8.48B | $7.80B | $8.38B | $8.99B |
| Growth (year over year) | +0.6% | +11.5% | +8.8% | −0.7% | −4.4% | +16.1% | +9.7% | −8.0% | +7.4% | +7.2% |
| Gross profit | $1.28B | $1.47B | $1.65B | $1.64B | $1.37B | $1.87B | $2.09B | $1.70B | $1.78B | $1.89B |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 22.8% | 23.5% | 23.6% | 20.6% | 24.2% | 24.7% | 21.8% | 21.3% | 21.0% |
| Operating income | $783.3M | $932.5M | $1.07B | $1.05B | $723.9M | $1.24B | $1.42B | $1.08B | $1.10B | $1.11B |
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 14.5% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 10.9% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 13.8% | 13.1% | 12.3% |
| Net income | $449.6M | $668.6M | $738.0M | $696.4M | $461.0M | $841.1M | $1.03B | $765.2M | $805.1M | $774.1M |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 6.9% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 8.6% |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.75 | $7.07 | $7.80 | $7.34 | $4.84 | $8.83 | $11.03 | $8.48 | $8.93 | $8.58 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $239.3M | $216.9M | $361.5M | $679.5M | $974.6M | $618.7M | $320.0M | $648.0M | $685.0M | $529.0M |
| Total assets | $5.78B | $6.20B | $6.57B | $7.24B | $7.43B | $7.84B | $8.00B | $8.68B | $8.83B | $10.7B |
| Total liabilities | $4.02B | $4.01B | $3.90B | $4.16B | $4.19B | $4.23B | $4.34B | $4.68B | $4.43B | $6.13B |
| Long-term debt | $2.62B | $2.48B | $2.48B | $2.48B | $2.48B | $2.47B | $2.47B | $2.47B | $2.47B | $3.97B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.76B | $2.18B | $2.67B | $3.07B | $3.25B | $3.61B | $3.67B | $4.00B | $4.40B | $4.60B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $806.9M | $856.1M | $1.18B | $1.21B | $1.03B | $1.09B | $1.50B | $1.32B | $1.19B | $1.56B |
| Capital expenditure | $274.3M | $343.0M | $551.4M | $399.5M | $421.2M | $605.1M | $824.2M | $469.7M | $669.7M | $828.9M |
| Free cash flow | $532.6M | $513.1M | $628.7M | $807.9M | $611.6M | $489.0M | $670.8M | $845.4M | $521.5M | $728.6M |
| Dividends paid | $216.1M | $237.6M | $268.1M | $298.7M | $299.6M | $379.8M | $420.3M | $448.9M | $448.8M | $449.6M |
| Share buybacks | $100.3M | — | — | $0 | $0 | $193.0M | $522.6M | $41.5M | $0 | $153.0M |
| Q3 FY24Sep 2024 | Q4 FY24†Dec 2024 | Q1 FY25Mar 2025 | Q2 FY25Jun 2025 | Q3 FY25Sep 2025 | Q4 FY25†Dec 2025 | Q1 FY26Mar 2026 | Q2 FY26Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $2.18B | $2.15B | $2.14B | $2.17B | $2.31B | $2.36B | $2.37B | $2.49B |
| Growth (year over year) | +12.7% | +10.7% | +8.2% | +4.6% | +6.0% | +10.1% | +10.6% | +14.7% |
| Gross profit | $505.2M | $469.8M | $454.7M | $483.0M | $504.3M | $447.6M | $452.9M | $512.5M |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 21.9% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 21.8% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 20.6% |
| Operating income | $327.1M | $302.2M | $280.3M | $333.7M | $324.5M | $168.5M | $251.3M | $291.2M |
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 14.1% | 13.1% | 15.4% | 14.0% | 7.1% | 10.6% | 11.7% |
| Net income | $238.1M | $221.2M | $203.8M | $241.5M | $226.9M | $101.9M | $170.9M | $192.1M |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 11.1% | 9.8% | 4.3% | 7.2% | 7.7% |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.64 | $2.45 | $2.26 | $2.67 | $2.51 | $1.14 | $1.91 | $2.15 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $676.6M | $685.0M | $751.7M | $787.9M | $634.0M | $529.0M | $397.1M | $442.8M |
| Total assets | $8.75B | $8.83B | $8.97B | $9.04B | $11.0B | $10.7B | $10.8B | $11.0B |
| Total liabilities | $4.49B | $4.43B | $4.47B | $4.41B | $6.22B | $6.13B | $6.19B | $6.35B |
| Long-term debt | $2.47B | $2.47B | $2.47B | $2.48B | $3.97B | $3.97B | $3.97B | $3.97B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.26B | $4.40B | $4.50B | $4.63B | $4.76B | $4.60B | $4.59B | $4.66B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $327.1M | $325.4M | $339.1M | $299.6M | $472.2M | $446.6M | $329.3M | $376.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $146.7M | $201.3M | $148.1M | $169.7M | $192.1M | $319.0M | $164.7M | $205.9M |
| Free cash flow | $180.4M | $124.1M | $191.0M | $129.9M | $280.1M | $127.6M | $164.6M | $170.1M |
| Dividends paid | $112.3M | $112.3M | $112.3M | $112.4M | $112.4M | $112.5M | $111.9M | $111.3M |
| Share buybacks | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | $58.8M | $0 |
From Packaging Corporation of America's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in December. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
Packaging Corporation of America vs the Materials sector and the S&P 500
Packaging Corporation of America's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 24 S&P 500 Materials companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.
| Measure | Packaging Corporation of America | Materials (24 other S&P 500 companies) | S&P 500 (502 other companies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, latest fiscal year | +7.2% | +3.3% | +7.0% |
| Net margin, latest fiscal year | 8.6% | 6.7% | 13.0% |
| Dividend per share, latest fiscal year | $5.00 | $2.10 | $2.40 |
| Share price change, 1 year | +16.0% | +11.1% | +7.5% |
Packaging Corporation of America: fiscal year ended December 2025, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 20, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Packaging Corporation of America included, are the last regular-session prices of October 20, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 20, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 24/496, net margin 24/496, dividend per share 23/349, 1-year price change 24/488; the reasons below can overlap. 14 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 23 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.
About Packaging Corporation of America
Packaging Corporation of America is an American manufacturing company based in Lake Forest, Illinois. The company has about 15,500 employees, with operations primarily in the United States. The CEO is Mark W. Kowlzan.
Source: Wikipedia — Packaging Corporation of America
- Headquarters
- Lake Forest, Illinois From SEC filings, Oct 2026
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