Packaging Corporation of America (PKG)

NYSE: PKG · USD

$249

-4.30 (-1.7%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	22B
Revenue (ttm)	9.8B
Net income (ttm)	722.7M
EPS (ttm)	$8.10
Shares out	88.6M
P/E (trailing)	30.7x
P/E (forward)	18.4x
Dividend	$6.00 (2.41%)
Volume	677,090
Beta	0.77

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 9.8B
Net income (ttm): 722.7M
EPS (ttm): $8.10
P/E (trailing): 30.7x
P/E (forward): 18.4x
Market cap: 22B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.4

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Trailing P/E30.7

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ROE14.9

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ROIC11.5

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000075677
Company name	Packaging Corporation of America
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	695156109
Earnings date	2026-10-21
Earnings time	amc
Employees	16,800
Employees change	1,400
Employees growth	9.09%
Enterprise value	$25.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1867
In index	SP500
Industry	Packaging & Containers
IPO date	2000-01-27
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US6951561090
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-10-21
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$22B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-26
Options	Yes
Price	$248.71
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	2650
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	PKG
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://www.packagingcorp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	24.6x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	18.52x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	23.75x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	19.73x
Earnings yield	3.26%
EV/Earnings	35.44x
EV/EBIT	19.79x
EV/EBITDA	12.93x
EV/FCF	34.5x
EV/Sales	2.61x
FCF / EV yield	2.9%
FCF yield	3.39%
Forward EV/Sales	2.36x
Forward P/E	18.43x
Forward P/S	2.02x
Graham number	97.97015
Graham upside	-60.33%
Industry forward P/E	14.18x
Industry P/E	45.82x
Lynch fair value	$40.52
Lynch upside	-83.59%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	31.56x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	13.89x
P/B ratio	4.81x
P/E ratio	30.69x
P/FCF ratio	29.46x
P/OCF ratio	13.47x
P/S ratio	2.23x
PEG ratio	1.26x
Price / tangible book value	8.16x
Price/EBITDA ratio	11.04x
Sector forward P/E	24.24x
Sector P/E	30.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	13.18%
EBITDA margin	20.16%
Effective tax rate	24.84%
FCF margin	7.79%
Gross margin	21.24%
Operating margin	13.18%
Pretax margin	9.85%
Profit margin	7.4%
Profit per employee	$43,018
Profitable quarters	89
Profitable years	22
Revenue per employee	$584,696
ROA	8.28%
ROA (5Y)	9.45%
ROCE	13.48%
ROE	14.89%
ROE (5Y)	21.84%
ROIC	11.48%
ROIC (5Y)	15.83%
SBC / revenue	0.52%
Tax / revenue	2.45%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-17.99%
EPS growth (Q)	16.73%
EPS growth (QoQ)	36.28%
EPS growth 10Y	5.7%
EPS growth 3Y	-2.34%
EPS growth 5Y	0.63%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	18.71%
FCF growth 3Y	-3.47%
FCF growth 5Y	8.11%
Gross profit growth	7.78%
Gross profit growth (Q)	15.38%
Gross profit growth 3Y	5.98%
Gross profit growth 5Y	4.14%
Net income growth	-18.61%
Net income growth (Q)	15.6%
Net income growth (QoQ)	36.54%
Net income growth 3Y	-2.57%
Net income growth 5Y	-0.54%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	25.78%
OCF growth 10Y	6.89%
OCF growth 3Y	2.89%
OCF growth 5Y	10.43%
Operating income growth	-0.13%
Operating income growth (Q)	7.36%
Operating income growth 3Y	3.81%
Operating income growth 5Y	2.56%
Revenue growth	11.98%
Revenue growth (Q)	12.46%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	4.49%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.61%
Revenue growth 3Y	7.79%
Revenue growth 5Y	5.82%
Revenue growth quarters	10
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-881.7M
Depreciation and amortization	$686.2M
EBIT	$1.3B
EBITDA	$2B
EPS	$8.10
FCF per share	$8.38
Financing cash flow	$794.2M
Free cash flow	$742.4M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$693M
Gross profit	$2.1B
Income taxes	$240.3M
Investing cash flow	$-2.8B
Net borrowing	$1.5B
Net cash flow	$-345.1M
Net income	$722.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$1.6B
Operating income	$1.3B
Revenue	$9.8B
Stock-based compensation	$49.4M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$52.64
Debt / EBITDA	2.22
Debt / equity	0.94
Debt / FCF	5.93
Interest coverage	9.79
Net cash (debt)	$-3.7B
Net cash / market cap	-17.09%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.89
Net debt / equity	0.8
Net debt / FCF	5.03
Piotroski F-Score	4
Shareholders' equity	$4.7B
Tangible book value	$2.7B
Tangible book value per share	$30.26
Total cash	$593.8M
Total debt	$4.4B
WACC	7.45%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.95
Current ratio	2.94
Inventory turnover	6.23
Quick ratio	1.77
Working capital	$2.3B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.56%
Dividend growth	10%
Dividend growth (10Y)	9.21%
Dividend growth (3Y)	3.23%
Dividend growth (5Y)	6.58%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-10-15
Dividend payment years	24
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$6.00
Dividend yield	2.41%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-15
FCF payout ratio	65.61%
Last dividend	$1.50
Payout ratio	67.87%
Shareholder yield	2.99%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	202.95%
10Y return CAGR	15%
10Y total return	304.53%
150-day SMA	$230.27
15Y price change	812.24%
15Y return CAGR	19.32%
15Y total return	1,315.55%
1D price change	-1.7%
1M price change	3.42%
1M total return	3.42%
1W price change	2.67%
1W total return	2.67%
1Y price change	18.73%
1Y return CAGR	21.75%
1Y total return	21.73%
20-day SMA	$236.28
200-day SMA	$229.03
20Y price change	993.63%
20Y return CAGR	16.35%
20Y total return	1,965.65%
3M price change	-2.8%
3M total return	-2.17%
3Y price change	63.34%
3Y return CAGR	20.8%
3Y total return	76.31%
50-day SMA	$237.11
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$259.98
52-week high date	2026-08-13
52-week low	$191.50
52-week low date	2025-11-20
5Y price change	81.17%
5Y return CAGR	15.99%
5Y total return	109.91%
6M price change	15.41%
6M total return	16.93%
All-time high	$259.98
All-time high date	2026-08-13
All-time low	$9.25
All-time low date	2000-03-15
Average true range (ATR)	$5.42
Average volume	653K
Beta (1Y)	0.08
Beta (2Y)	0.59
Beta (5Y)	0.77
Change from 52-week high	-4.34%
Change from 52-week low	29.87%
Change from all-time high	-5.65%
Change from all-time low	2,551.89%
Change from open	-0.63%
Day's gap	-1.08%
Dollar volume	$168.4M
High price	$250.49
Low price	$244.81
Monthly RSI	61.75
Open price	$250.28
Position in 52-week range	68.57%
Premarket change	-0.99%
Premarket close	$253.01
Premarket price	$250.51
Premarket volume	2.4K
Previous close	$253.01
Price vs 150-day SMA	6.53%
Price vs 20-day SMA	3.82%
Price vs 200-day SMA	7.11%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.45%
Relative volume	1.04
RSI	57.93
Sharpe ratio	0.7
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.77
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.55
Sortino ratio	1.3
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.43
Sortino ratio (5Y)	1.05
Volume	677.1K
Weekly RSI	56.9
YTD price change	18.95%
YTD total return	21.22%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	87M
Float percentage	98.2%
Shares change (QoQ)	0%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.56%
Shares held by insiders	1.64%
Shares held by institutions	100.53%
Shares outstanding	88.6M
Short % of float	3.41%
Short % of shares	3.35%
Short ratio	4.8 days

Deeper analysis on PKG

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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