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How PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA makes its money

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revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$9.0B · 100%Cost of revenue$7.1B · 79%Gross profit$1.9B · 21%Operating income$1.1B · 12%Income before tax$1.0B · 11%Income tax$254M · 3%Net income$774M · 9%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$9.0B100%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
Cost of revenue$7.1B79%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
$1.9B21%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
$1.1B12%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
Income before tax$1.0B11%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
Income tax$254M3%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
$774M9%
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
Source:
  • 10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001193125-26-074129 · filed Feb 26, 2026
· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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