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FCF Margin for Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

7.6%

YoY change

+1.88pp

Trough year (2010)

1.1%

Peak year (1999)

12.2%

FCF Margin history chart for Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) from 1998 to 2025

Latest: 8.1%

FCF Margin change chart for Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) from 1998 to 2025

Latest: +1.88pp

FCF Margin history table for Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) from 1998 to 2025

  • 20258.1%+1.88pp
  • 20246.2%-4.61pp
  • 202310.8%+2.92pp
  • 20227.9%+1.59pp
  • 20216.3%-2.86pp
  • 20209.2%-2.41pp
  • 201911.6%+2.64pp
  • 20189.0%+1.00pp
  • 20178.0%-1.16pp
  • 20169.1%+1.31pp
  • 20157.8%+2.41pp
  • 20145.4%-4.80pp
  • 201310.2%+0.50pp
  • 20129.7%+7.70pp
  • 20112.0%+0.88pp
  • 20101.1%-7.82pp
  • 20098.9%+3.16pp
  • 20085.8%-2.29pp
  • 20078.1%+0.82pp
  • 20067.2%+1.35pp
  • 20055.9%+0.24pp
  • 20045.6%-1.94pp
  • 20037.6%-0.05pp
  • 20027.6%-2.54pp
  • 200110.2%-0.50pp
  • 200010.7%-1.48pp
  • 199912.2%+6.31pp
  • 19985.9%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Packaging Corporation of America's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)

According to Packaging Corporation of America's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 7.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) free cash flow margin is 8.11% – expanded 1.9 percentage points year-over-year.

12.16% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 1999, against a low of 1.11% during 2010.

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin by Year

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin 2025: 8.1%

In 2025, Packaging Corporation of America reported free cash flow margin of 8.11%, expanded 1.9 percentage points from 2024.

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin 2024: 6.2%

Packaging Corporation of America free cash flow margin in 2024 was 6.22%, contracted 4.6 percentage points from 2023.

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin 2023: 10.8%

2023's free cash flow margin for Packaging Corporation of America came in at 10.84%, expanded 2.9 percentage points from 2022.

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin 2022: 7.9%

Packaging Corporation of America posted free cash flow margin of 7.91% in 2022, expanded 1.6 percentage points from 2021.

Packaging Corporation of America FCF Margin 2021: 6.3%

Packaging Corporation of America free cash flow margin in 2021 was 6.33%.

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