Materials · Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
Packaging Corporation of America: revenue, profit and dividends
In fiscal 2025, Packaging Corporation of America had revenue of $8.99B, up 4.6% a year on average since 2015, and net income of $774M (8.6% of revenue). It paid a dividend of $5.00 a share. It has 7% fewer shares than in 2015.
Revenue, fiscal 2025
average annual revenue growth since 2015 · +7.2% vs 2024
- Ticker
- PKG · NYSE
- Sector
- Materials
- Sub-industry
- Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials
- Headquarters
- Lake Forest, Illinois
- Founded
- 1959
- In the S&P 500 since
- July 26, 2017
- Latest fiscal year
- 2025, ended December 31, 2025
- SEC filer
- Packaging Corp Of America · CIK 0000075677
Revenue and net income
Revenue went from $2.36B in 2008 to $8.99B in 2025.
Diluted earnings per share
Diluted EPS went from $1.31 in 2008 to $8.58 in 2025. Ten-year growth: 6.7% a year.
Dividends per share
Not raised in 2025. Ten-year growth: 8.6% a year.
Shares outstanding
7.3% fewer shares in 2025 than in 2015 (96.7M → 89.6M): buybacks outweighed new shares.
Operating cash flow, capex and free cash flow
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) was $729M in 2025, 8.1% of revenue.
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Year by year
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Net margin | Diluted EPS | Dividend | Shares | Operating cash flow | Capex | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.99B | $774M | 8.6% | $8.58 | $5.00 | 89.6M | $1.56B | $829M | $729M |
| 2024 | $8.38B | $805M | 9.6% | $8.93 | $5.00 | 89.5M | $1.19B | $670M | $522M |
| 2023 | $7.8B | $765M | 9.8% | $8.48 | $5.00 | 89.5M | $1.32B | $470M | $845M |
| 2022 | $8.48B | $1.03B | 12.1% | $11.03 | $4.75 | 92.7M | $1.5B | $824M | $671M |
| 2021 | $7.73B | $841M | 10.9% | $8.83 | $4.00 | 94.5M | $1.09B | $605M | $489M |
| 2020 | $6.66B | $461M | 6.9% | $4.84 | $3.37 | 94.4M | $1.03B | $421M | $612M |
| 2019 | $6.96B | $696M | 10.0% | $7.34 | $3.16 | 94.1M | $1.21B | $400M | $808M |
| 2018 | $7.01B | $738M | 10.5% | $7.80 | $3.00 | 93.9M | $1.18B | $551M | $629M |
| 2017 | $6.44B | $669M | 10.4% | $7.07 | $2.52 | 93.7M | $856M | $343M | $513M |
| 2016 | $5.78B | $450M | 7.8% | $4.75 | $2.36 | 93.7M | $807M | $274M | $533M |
| 2015 | $5.74B | $437M | 7.6% | $4.47 | $2.20 | 96.7M | $769M | $314M | $454M |
| 2014 | $5.85B | $393M | 6.7% | $3.99 | $1.60 | 97.1M | $736M | $420M | $316M |
| 2013 | $3.67B | $441M | 12.0% | $4.52 | $1.51 | 97.5M | $608M | $234M | $374M |
| 2012 | $2.84B | $160M | 5.6% | $1.64 | $1.00 | 97.5M | $404M | $128M | $276M |
| 2011 | $2.62B | $158M | 6.0% | $1.57 | $0.80 | 100M | $346M | $280M | $65.3M |
| 2010 | $2.44B | $205M | 8.4% | $2.00 | $0.60 | 103M | $350M | $320M | $29.7M |
| 2009 | $2.15B | $266M | 12.4% | $2.60 | $0.60 | 102M | $306M | $114M | $192M |
| 2008 | $2.36B | $136M | 5.7% | $1.31 | $1.20 | 104M | $269M | $133M | $136M |
Fiscal years, labelled by the year in which they end. US dollars; per-share figures and share counts adjusted for splits. —: not in the data.
About these figures
- Older years are as filed at the time and may predate later restatements, mergers or spin-offs. How the figures are made.
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Source: SEC EDGAR (company filings), data as of November 8, 2026. Sectors, sub-industries, headquarters and index dates: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.