Deferred Tax Assets
Packaging Corp of America Deferred Tax Assets increased by 2.7% to $677.60M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 18.7%, from $570.80M to $677.60M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Tax Assets shows an upward trend with a 11.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase can signal future tax efficiency or the utilization of past losses, while a decrease may indicate the realization of those benefits.
Detailed definition
These are assets on the balance sheet that represent future tax savings resulting from temporary differences between the...
Peer comparison
Common in large, capital-intensive companies; peers with significant R&D spending often have large deferred tax assets from tax credits.
deferred_tax_assetsHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $395.70M | $423.90M | $465.90M | $488.80M | $495.10M | $513.70M | $543.00M | $546.20M | $538.60M | $536.80M | $558.00M | $566.50M | $552.10M | $540.50M | $561.90M | $570.80M | $564.90M | $671.80M | $660.10M | $677.60M |
| QoQ Change | — | +7.1% | +9.9% | +4.9% | +1.3% | +3.8% | +5.7% | +0.6% | -1.4% | -0.3% | +3.9% | +1.5% | -2.5% | -2.1% | +4.0% | +1.6% | -1.0% | +18.9% | -1.7% | +2.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +25.1% | +21.2% | +16.5% | +11.7% | +8.8% | +4.5% | +2.8% | +3.7% | +2.5% | +0.7% | +0.7% | +0.8% | +2.3% | +24.3% | +17.5% | +18.7% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Packaging Corp of America's deferred tax assets?
- Packaging Corp of America (PKG) reported deferred tax assets of $677.60M in Q1 2026.
- How has Packaging Corp of America's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?
- Packaging Corp of America's deferred tax assets increased by 18.7% year-over-year, from $570.80M to $677.60M.
- What is the long-term trend for Packaging Corp of America's deferred tax assets?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Packaging Corp of America's deferred tax assets has grown at a 11.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $379.40M to $660.10M.
- What does deferred tax assets mean?
- Future tax savings that the company expects to realize due to past accounting differences or tax losses.