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PKG Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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PKGPackaging Corporation of America
Consumer Cyclical / Packaging & Containers
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PKG Dividend answer
Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.51%, or $6.00 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.30%, from $5.50 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.50 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 15, 2026. Payment date: Oct 15, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
PKG Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next PKG Dividend Date
When PKG next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next PKG dividend
PKG's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $1.50 per share. Data last checked: Oct 2, 2026.
Latest PKG Dividend Dates
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PKG Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
PKG Annual Dividend History
PKG Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.50, event yield 2.36%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 8.21%
- Cohort rank
- #140
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Consumer Cyclical rank
- #17
- 2020 regular DPS
- $3.370
- 2025 regular DPS
- $5.000
- Absolute change
- $1.630
- Years increased
- 3
- Years reduced
- 0
PKG's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 8.21% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #140 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
PKG Dividend Yield
How PKG's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
PKG's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent PKG dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.50 | 2.36% | Quarterly | $5.50 | Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.50 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $5.25 | May 12, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.45% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.36% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Aug 20, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
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| Jun 13, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.65% | Quarterly | $5.00 | May 7, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Feb 26, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.19% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Dec 10, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2024 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Aug 27, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $5.00 | May 8, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.73% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Feb 28, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.03% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Dec 7, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | Jan 15, 2024 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.35% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Sep 13, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 | Oct 13, 2023 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.81% | Quarterly | $5.00 | May 2, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Mar 14, 2023 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.81% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Feb 23, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.64% | Quarterly | $4.75 | Dec 8, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 4.01% | Quarterly | $4.50 | Sep 21, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Jun 14, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.89% | Quarterly | $4.25 | May 18, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Mar 14, 2022 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.65% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Feb 24, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | Apr 15, 2022 |
| Dec 17, 2021 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 3.08% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Dec 10, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.70% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Aug 26, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| Jun 14, 2021 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.73% | Quarterly | $3.79 | May 5, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.61% | Quarterly | $3.58 | Feb 24, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Dec 18, 2020 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $3.37 | Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 |
| Sep 14, 2020 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 2.98% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Aug 25, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 |
| Jun 12, 2020 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 3.19% | Quarterly | $3.16 | May 5, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 4.08% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 |
| Dec 19, 2019 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 2.83% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Dec 10, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| Sep 12, 2019 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 2.95% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Aug 21, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Jun 13, 2019 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 3.28% | Quarterly | $3.16 | May 10, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $3.16 | Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 |
| Dec 14, 2018 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 3.21% | Quarterly | $3.00 | Dec 5, 2018 | Dec 17, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| Sep 13, 2018 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Aug 30, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | $0.79 | $0.79 | 2.22% | Quarterly | $2.68 | May 15, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jul 13, 2018 |
| Mar 14, 2018 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.13% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Feb 27, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | Apr 13, 2018 |
| Dec 22, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.10% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Dec 14, 2017 | Dec 26, 2017 | Jan 12, 2018 |
| Sep 14, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Aug 22, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Jun 13, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.38% | Quarterly | — | May 19, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Mar 13, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.65% | Quarterly | — | Mar 6, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | Apr 14, 2017 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.73% | Quarterly | — | Dec 14, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Sep 13, 2016 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 2.88% | Quarterly | — | Sep 1, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Oct 14, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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PKG Dividends FAQ
Does PKG pay a dividend?
Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.50 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is PKG's dividend yield?
PKG's trailing dividend yield is 2.30%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is PKG's next dividend?
PKG's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is PKG's ex-dividend date?
PKG's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 15, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has PKG's dividend changed?
PKG's one-year dividend growth is 10.00% based on comparable covered dividend history.