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The cash flow of PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA's operating cash flow was $1.56B and its capital expenditures $831.3M, leaving free cash flow of $726.2M. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $487.2M in fiscal 2021 to $842.8M in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2025, at $831.3M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$1.56B$831.3M*$726.2M
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$1.19B$671.6M*$519.6M
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$1.32B$472.3M*$842.8M
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$1.5B$830.4M*$664.6M
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$1.09B$606.9M*$487.2M
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$1.03B$427.6M*$605.2M
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$1.21B$403.3M*$804.1M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$1.18B$555.9M*$624.2M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$856.1M$350.8M*$505.3M
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$806.9M$284.7M*$522.2M

Fiscal years as PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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