PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA (PKG) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $742.40M; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 7.79%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $742.40M | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.62B − $881.70M ≈ $742.40M |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 7.79% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $742.40M ÷ $9.53B × 100 ≈ 7.79% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $1.62B | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-06-30. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 2.35× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.62B ÷ $691.80M ≈ 2.35× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 1.62B USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| Capital spending | 881.70M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 742.40M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 9.53B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | |
| Net income | 691.80M USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $742.40M | (m) | $1.62B | $881.70M | (m) | $9.53B | (m) | $691.80M | (m) | (m) | 7.79% | 2.35× |
| 2026-03-31 | $702.20M | (m) | $1.55B | $845.50M | (m) | $9.22B | (m) | $741.20M | (m) | (m) | 7.62% | 2.09× |
| 2025-12-31 | $728.60M | (m) | $1.56B | $828.90M | (m) | $8.99B | (m) | $774.10M | (m) | (m) | 8.11% | 2.01× |
| 2025-09-30 | $725.10M | (m) | $1.44B | $711.20M | (m) | $8.77B | (m) | $893.40M | (m) | (m) | 8.27% | 1.61× |
| 2025-06-30 | $625.40M | (m) | $1.29B | $665.80M | (m) | $8.64B | (m) | $904.50M | (m) | (m) | 7.24% | 1.43× |
| 2025-03-31 | $528.80M | (m) | $1.27B | $741.10M | (m) | $8.54B | (m) | $862.00M | (m) | (m) | 6.19% | 1.47× |
| 2024-12-31 | $521.50M | (m) | $1.19B | $669.70M | (m) | $8.38B | (m) | $805.10M | (m) | (m) | 6.22% | 1.48× |
| 2024-09-30 | $591.60M | (m) | $1.20B | $609.50M | (m) | $8.18B | (m) | $773.20M | (m) | (m) | 7.24% | 1.55× |
| 2024-06-30 | $660.90M | (m) | $1.21B | $552.60M | (m) | $7.93B | (m) | $718.30M | (m) | (m) | 8.34% | 1.69× |
| 2024-03-31 | $861.10M | (m) | $1.30B | $434.00M | (m) | $7.81B | (m) | $722.00M | (m) | (m) | 11.03% | 1.79× |
| 2023-12-31 | $845.40M | (m) | $1.32B | $469.70M | (m) | $7.80B | (m) | $765.20M | (m) | (m) | 10.84% | 1.72× |
| 2023-09-30 | $824.20M | (m) | $1.40B | $575.70M | (m) | $7.84B | (m) | $787.60M | (m) | (m) | 10.51% | 1.78× |
| 2023-06-30 | $825.50M | (m) | $1.49B | $665.50M | (m) | $8.03B | (m) | $866.90M | (m) | (m) | 10.28% | 1.72× |
| 2023-03-31 | $726.70M | (m) | $1.45B | $723.40M | (m) | $8.32B | (m) | $965.70M | (m) | (m) | 8.74% | 1.50× |
| 2022-12-31 | $670.80M | (m) | $1.50B | $824.20M | (m) | $8.48B | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | (m) | 7.91% | 1.45× |
| 2022-09-30 | $649.60M | (m) | $1.47B | $816.00M | (m) | $8.54B | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | (m) | 7.60% | 1.42× |
| 2022-06-30 | $532.50M | (m) | $1.32B | $786.10M | (m) | $8.42B | (m) | $1.02B | (m) | (m) | 6.33% | 1.29× |
| 2022-03-31 | $494.60M | (m) | $1.23B | $733.20M | (m) | $8.06B | (m) | $928.80M | (m) | (m) | 6.14% | 1.32× |
| 2021-12-31 | $489.00M | (m) | $1.09B | $605.10M | (m) | $7.73B | (m) | $841.10M | (m) | (m) | 6.33% | 1.30× |
| 2021-09-30 | $440.60M | (m) | $974.50M | $533.90M | (m) | $7.40B | (m) | $748.20M | (m) | (m) | 5.95% | 1.30× |
| 2021-06-30 | $502.60M | (m) | $989.10M | $486.50M | (m) | $7.09B | (m) | $636.50M | (m) | (m) | 7.08% | 1.55× |
| 2021-03-31 | $551.90M | (m) | $987.70M | $435.80M | (m) | $6.76B | (m) | $485.80M | (m) | (m) | 8.17% | 2.03× |
| 2020-12-31 | $611.60M | (m) | $1.03B | $421.20M | (m) | $6.66B | (m) | $461.00M | (m) | (m) | 9.19% | 2.24× |
| 2020-09-30 | $701.70M | (m) | $1.09B | $389.20M | (m) | $6.66B | (m) | $473.60M | (m) | (m) | 10.53% | 2.30× |
| 2020-06-30 | $752.70M | (m) | $1.13B | $379.80M | (m) | $6.72B | (m) | $514.30M | (m) | (m) | 11.20% | 2.20× |
| 2020-03-31 | $816.90M | (m) | $1.21B | $391.20M | (m) | $6.94B | (m) | $651.30M | (m) | (m) | 11.77% | 1.85× |
| 2019-12-31 | $807.90M | (m) | $1.21B | $399.50M | (m) | $6.96B | (m) | $696.40M | (m) | (m) | 11.60% | 1.73× |
| 2019-09-30 | $812.90M | (m) | $1.22B | $410.90M | (m) | $6.99B | (m) | $764.80M | (m) | (m) | 11.63% | 1.60× |
| 2019-06-30 | $736.60M | (m) | $1.19B | $448.40M | (m) | $7.05B | (m) | $791.70M | (m) | (m) | 10.45% | 1.50× |
| 2019-03-31 | $691.40M | (m) | $1.21B | $522.20M | (m) | $7.06B | (m) | $784.70M | (m) | (m) | 9.80% | 1.55× |
| 2018-12-31 | $628.70M | (m) | $1.18B | $551.40M | (m) | $7.01B | (m) | $738.00M | (m) | (m) | 8.96% | 1.60× |
| 2018-09-30 | $586.20M | (m) | $1.11B | $521.10M | (m) | $6.95B | (m) | $802.30M | (m) | (m) | 8.43% | 1.38× |
| 2018-06-30 | $526.50M | (m) | $1.00B | $477.50M | (m) | $6.78B | (m) | $734.70M | (m) | (m) | 7.76% | 1.37× |
| 2018-03-31 | $501.30M | (m) | $894.50M | $393.20M | (m) | $6.60B | (m) | $691.30M | (m) | (m) | 7.60% | 1.29× |
| 2017-12-31 | $513.10M | (m) | $856.10M | $343.00M | (m) | $6.44B | (m) | $668.60M | (m) | (m) | 7.96% | 1.28× |
| 2017-09-30 | $478.60M | (m) | $791.00M | $312.40M | (m) | $6.24B | (m) | $510.40M | (m) | (m) | 7.67% | 1.55× |
| 2017-06-30 | $518.70M | (m) | $810.60M | $291.90M | (m) | $6.08B | (m) | $490.60M | (m) | (m) | 8.53% | 1.65× |
| 2017-03-31 | $495.10M | (m) | $774.30M | $279.20M | (m) | $5.91B | (m) | $463.30M | (m) | (m) | 8.37% | 1.67× |
| 2016-12-31 | $526.90M | (m) | $801.20M | $274.30M | (m) | $5.78B | (m) | $449.60M | (m) | (m) | 9.12% | 1.78× |
| 2016-09-30 | $524.10M | (m) | $808.80M | $284.70M | (m) | $5.69B | (m) | $443.10M | (m) | (m) | 9.21% | 1.83× |
| 2016-06-30 | $534.80M | (m) | $829.20M | $294.40M | (m) | $5.68B | (m) | $451.60M | (m) | (m) | 9.42% | 1.84× |
| 2016-03-31 | $533.50M | (m) | $845.30M | $311.80M | (m) | $5.72B | (m) | $449.70M | (m) | (m) | 9.33% | 1.88× |
| 2015-12-31 | $448.10M | (m) | $762.60M | $314.50M | (m) | $5.74B | (m) | $436.80M | (m) | (m) | 7.80% | 1.75× |
| 2015-09-30 | $338.20M | (m) | $721.40M | $383.20M | (m) | $5.78B | (m) | $431.10M | (m) | (m) | 5.85% | 1.67× |
| 2015-06-30 | $292.60M | (m) | $706.50M | $413.90M | (m) | $5.83B | (m) | $407.80M | (m) | (m) | 5.02% | 1.73× |
| 2015-03-31 | $270.20M | (m) | $695.10M | $424.90M | (m) | $5.85B | (m) | $393.30M | (m) | (m) | 4.62% | 1.77× |
| 2014-12-31 | $315.90M | (m) | $736.10M | $420.20M | (m) | $5.85B | (m) | $392.60M | (m) | (m) | 5.40% | 1.87× |
| 2014-09-30 | $385.88M | (m) | $744.75M | $358.88M | (m) | $5.68B | (m) | $522.19M | (m) | (m) | 6.79% | 1.43× |
| 2014-06-30 | $357.59M | (m) | $659.31M | $301.71M | (m) | $5.01B | (m) | $502.43M | (m) | (m) | 7.14% | 1.31× |
| 2014-03-31 | $403.65M | (m) | $661.73M | $258.08M | (m) | $4.34B | (m) | $464.07M | (m) | (m) | 9.30% | 1.43× |
| 2013-12-31 | $373.78M | (m) | $608.20M | $234.42M | (m) | $3.67B | (m) | $436.28M | (m) | (m) | 10.20% | 1.39× |
| 2013-09-30 | $408.02M | (m) | $572.56M | $164.54M | (m) | $3.14B | (m) | $270.29M | (m) | (m) | 13.00% | 2.12× |
| 2013-06-30 | $397.10M | (m) | $537.20M | $140.09M | (m) | $3.02B | (m) | $225.90M | (m) | (m) | 13.17% | 2.38× |
| 2013-03-31 | $344.04M | (m) | $465.03M | $120.99M | (m) | $2.93B | (m) | $206.59M | (m) | (m) | 11.75% | 2.25× |
| 2012-12-31 | $275.68M | (m) | $404.20M | $128.52M | (m) | $2.84B | (m) | $163.82M | (m) | (m) | 9.69% | 2.47× |
| 2012-09-30 | $200.86M | (m) | $360.51M | $159.65M | (m) | $2.76B | (m) | $142.25M | (m) | (m) | 7.27% | 2.53× |
| 2012-06-30 | $125.99M | (m) | $330.38M | $204.38M | (m) | $2.71B | (m) | $144.24M | (m) | (m) | 4.65% | 2.29× |
| 2012-03-31 | $66.21M | (m) | $316.51M | $250.29M | (m) | $2.66B | (m) | $138.45M | (m) | (m) | 2.49% | 2.29× |
| 2011-12-31 | $65.30M | (m) | $345.51M | $280.21M | (m) | $2.62B | (m) | $158.03M | (m) | (m) | 2.49% | 2.19× |
| 2011-09-30 | $71.46M | (m) | $375.70M | $304.23M | (m) | $2.59B | (m) | $173.45M | (m) | (m) | 2.76% | 2.17× |
| 2011-06-30 | $96.52M | (m) | $406.52M | $310.00M | (m) | $2.56B | (m) | $225.00M | (m) | (m) | 3.76% | 1.81× |
| 2011-03-31 | $77.57M | (m) | $399.37M | $321.79M | (m) | $2.51B | (m) | $223.66M | (m) | (m) | 3.09% | 1.79× |
| 2010-12-31 | $29.72M | (m) | $349.92M | $320.20M | (m) | $2.44B | (m) | $205.44M | (m) | (m) | 1.22% | 1.70× |
| 2010-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-31 | $191.93M | (m) | $306.13M | $114.20M | (m) | $2.15B | (m) | $265.89M | (m) | (m) | 8.94% | 1.15× |
| 2009-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | $136.35M | (m) | $269.32M | $132.97M | (m) | $2.36B | (m) | $135.61M | (m) | (m) | 5.78% | 1.99× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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